A well-chosen sofa cover can not only protect the upholstery from wear and tear, but also harmoniously complement a skillfully created interior and add a bright accent.
However, choosing a blanket for a corner sofa — is not the easiest task. Its irregular shape baffles many owners. Completely in vain: knowing the simple rules of selection and features of fabrics, you can easily choose the perfect bedspread.
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Features of a cover for a corner sofa
When thinking about the interior of your home, you want everything to be perfect. But even expensive, good furniture gradually loses its marketable appearance or is mechanically damaged. This is especially true for a sofa on which children or pets relax.
Benefits of using a cover for a corner sofa:
- Zprotection of upholstery from fading and wear;
- Leasy to wash cover when dirty;
- INthe ability to refresh your furniture at any time;
- Sha wide range of materials, including hypoallergenic ones;
- Ehsaving money.
They are usually ordered or made by hand.There are one-piece and composite covers. Sometimes the fabric covers only a certain part of the furniture, and not the entire area.
The peculiarity of covers for corner sofas is the need to fix it with special rubber bands, buttons or metal fittings. Otherwise, parts of the cover will constantly slide off.
Types of capes
Bedspreads are divided depending on the material they are made of.
- Fur blanket
Pros:
- WITHlooks expensive;
- Pgives the sofa additional volume;
- Zgets dirty less than other materials;
- Ma soft, cozy to the touch thing.
Cons:
- Notsuitable for conventional cleaning methods;
- DProfessional dry cleaning is required for washing.
They are warm and comfortable, last a long time and allow air to pass through well.
- Terry blanket
Pros:
- Nseveral types of fiber processing;
- The blanket can be made from either natural or artificial material;
- Nit is inferior in texture to a fur blanket;
- ABOUThas a unique shine.
Cons:
- Ndurable material;
- NA minor disadvantage is the heavy weight of the bedspread.
These bedspreads are soft and gentle to the touch, as well as lightweight and durable.
- Gbleached blanket
Pros:
- Pmade from pure cotton;
- WITHstylishly decorated with weaving;
- Iis the most durable among all other types.
Cons:
- GA bleached blanket has practically no disadvantages, if you do not take into account the high cost due to the manufacturing technique and the raw materials used.
These bedspreads are easy to clean from any dirt, and they look very beautiful.
- Silk, satin and satin bedspread
Pros:
- Shwide range of colors;
- Ppleasant, delicate texture;
- Light weight;
- Nlow cost.
Cons:
- TSuch a blanket can be easily damaged or spoiled.
Simplicity and ease of care will undoubtedly be appreciated by neat housewives.
What to choose
Before you start choosing a cover for a corner sofa, you need to take measurements. A small cover, even if it fits the piece of furniture, will be too tight, and a large one, in addition to looking untidy, will wrinkle and eventually wear out quickly.
If the piece of furniture is in the center of the room, then you need to consider models that can cover the back. It is very convenient to have elastic bands that prevent the bedspread from slipping.
Thin, inexpensive materials can easily be damaged or stained by small children and animals. But choosing a fur blanket in this case would be a mistake because of the difficulty in cleaning it.
The color of the cover for a corner sofa should be chosen based not only on your own preferences, but also in accordance with the interior design. For those who quickly get bored with one style, there is a double-sided cover option, which has a different color on the front and back sides.
Steps to creating a cape with your own hands
A good option would be to make a blanket for the sofa with your own hands.
The process of creating a cover for a corner sofa with your own hands looks like this.
- Taking measurements.
First of all, as with choosing a finished product, you will need to know the exact dimensions of the furniture parts.
- Pattern.
Armed with the most accurate measurements, you can begin the process of creating a pattern. In order to make a quality product, you need to add seam allowance to the measurements you initially received.
- Selection of material.
For those new to cutting and sewing, it is best to choose a simple checkered or striped pattern for easy joining of fabric seams.
- Transferring the pattern.
The total consumption of fabric depends on the correct arrangement of the parts on the canvas. Try to do this with maximum economy. But without fanaticism: the distance between the elements cannot be less than 7 centimeters, otherwise individual parts may become skewed or shift.
- Cutting.
To ensure that the elements are even, it is necessary to secure the patterns with safety pins or another available method.
- Assembly.
It consists of several stages:
- WITHcreating a back by joining both sides with a strip of the width and thickness of the sofa;
- WITHcreation of armrests;
- WITHseat creation;
- ABOUTseam marking;
- WITHconnection of the backrest with the armrests;
- WITHconnecting the resulting structure with the seat.
The color scheme and texture of the fabric should match the style of the room.
- Decor.
If desired, you can also decorate it yourself to suit your own taste.
VIDEO: Set of bedspreads for a corner sofa.
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