DEFENSIVE DECORATING AND THE SOFA SAVER

From House Beautiful - 101 Designer Secrets 

But you don't have to be a Professional designer to have your
"secret" solutions....am I right?
If you have been following my blog...then you know about 

"the incident"...

to be precise...

SAD STORY  PART I HERE

SAD STORY PART II HERE

The SOFA incident.

I received so many supportive comments 

and some great suggestions, creative solutions, 

special recipes... 

AND many of them I tried.

I also listened to many of you who suggested 

that the sofa was TOO new to be having 

so many issues with washing and  

I am still working with Pottery Barn, 

hoping to get the slipcovers replaced.

One reader, experienced with pets and kids,

"Mud and Muck"
Loose Leashes
from Pinterest

SUGGESTED I put a pretty quilt over the sofa.

If only you knew.

I am WAY ahead of you there. 

In fact, I think one of the reasons I was 

so bummed was that I have SO many systems in place to deal with

the constant threat of dirt and mud and spills.

I call MY SYSTEM...

"Defensive Decorating"

You know my Chevron sofa?

THIS ONE:

WELL, the day my upholsterer delivered it, he had it covered with

 a big plastic sofa sized shower cap.

I pretty much kept that thing on all the time...

for about 6 months...no lie...

...taking it off only for photos and visitors. 

However, the pink living room is used daily now and 

I needed to come up with a better plan.

...enter 

Defensive Decorating and 

THE SOFA SAVER!!!

The Sofa Saver is a matching, machine washable

sofa sized, cover.

EASY PEASY

TUTORIAL

I took 4 yards of extra fabric.

I lay it all out  cut it into TWO equal sized

2 yard pieces.

Then sewed the pieces together and matched the Chevron pattern

(if you don't have a pattern to match, you may not even have to do this part!)

I sewed the sides and 

VOILA!!!

I found this today 
Great Minds think alike!!!!

THE SOFA SAVER!!!!

sofa - without the sofa saver

the sofa saver, draped over, all casual-like

I carefully tucked the Sofa Saver  in, much like I do with the slipcover
like my nail polish?

I top stitched the center seam to make it look more Upholstery-like

BRING IT ON!!!

xo


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