image unknown...sorryThe slipcover is an amazing thing when you have two little boys bouncing all over the place with muddy feet, grubby hands and always covered in grass or sand. It is slipcovers that have made family homes live able, attainable and designable. With a swathe of white denim, or better still white linen, a slipcover can be easily made.
Our own sofa is covered in a slipcover made by me and has been one of the best things the old sewing machine has ever run up, is always being washed and still looks great.I have yet to cover the other sofa, just haven't had the time, but have put it in my diary to be done and finally I will have the slip covered sofas I have wanted since the boys were born.
The new Nancy Meyers film "It's Complicated", with its gorgeous set, courtesy of the amazing Beth Rubino, has a slip covered living room and I always feel that a family living space should be designed with comfort as well as beauty in mind. The slipcover is perfect for this. No need to cringe when you have a dinner party if your good friend has had a few to many wines and takes her banana pudding with butterscotch sauce over to the sofa to join the men on a debate about cars...just throw it in the soak bucket when they leave, wash and voila! new sofa again.
The famous set of Nancy Meyers "Something's Gotta Give", which was also designed by Beth Rubino, has set many a heart a flutter and a rush was made by those who could wield a sewing machine to cover their unloved sofas and breathe new life into them. I also love the fact that you can make seasonal covers for Winter, Summer and all in between for the small cost of some fabric.
Heiberg Cummings Design
The new Nancy Meyers film "It's Complicated", with its gorgeous set, courtesy of the amazing Beth Rubino, has a slip covered living room and I always feel that a family living space should be designed with comfort as well as beauty in mind. The slipcover is perfect for this. No need to cringe when you have a dinner party if your good friend has had a few to many wines and takes her banana pudding with butterscotch sauce over to the sofa to join the men on a debate about cars...just throw it in the soak bucket when they leave, wash and voila! new sofa again.The famous set of Nancy Meyers "Something's Gotta Give", which was also designed by Beth Rubino, has set many a heart a flutter and a rush was made by those who could wield a sewing machine to cover their unloved sofas and breathe new life into them. I also love the fact that you can make seasonal covers for Winter, Summer and all in between for the small cost of some fabric.Heiberg Cummings DesignEven the most hideous sofa can be turned into a thing of beauty, by removing big bulky back rests and creating a cosy haven with loads of down filled cushions to take their place. This one here reminds me of one I have seen made over, which had said bulky back cushions which were ripped off, and reused as smaller cushions and made an ugly couch somewhat of a statement piece.
Victoria Hagen
Anything can be covered with a slip and I have done many of my own pieces, like our wing back chair, Chaise, sofa.....
Anyway you look at it, the slipcover is here to stay!
Ness xx
Victoria HagenAnything can be covered with a slip and I have done many of my own pieces, like our wing back chair, Chaise, sofa.....
Anyway you look at it, the slipcover is here to stay!
Ness xx
Have you ever had a day where you have no 'get up and go'?
The inside also sports my favourites - natural matting, floorboards, ticking, the glass ball lamp, squishy sofas and loads of cushions to sink into. The colour of the walls is very similar to our own home. This photo has me thinking that now I really want to cover our other sofa in blue and white ticking...in reverse though. What do you think??
Th kitchen is just a s beautiful. 
Thank you to everyone for the wonderful comments about my slipcovers. It was very encouraging. I thought I would take some new photos now I have added the new cushions i made today and to show you the room nearly finished with the new curtains...and in better light. Yesterdays photos were terrible and I am sorry.
These are the new ones I made from the material I bought in Sydney at 
So here is the living room as it looks today, the 1st day of Spring! I am not settled on the canvas above the sofa and I have my eye out for the perfect (is there such a thing?) statement piece to go here, but I am happy for now. You can see the new white curtains I made for the French doors. I love these. The light coming through them just illuminates the room. If you are wondering what the little black thing is above the doors, it is a bird silhouette.
Yay...it worked!!! As you know I was attempting to slipcover our beat up sofas. I bit the bullet and done the deed. Yesterday, along with our little Mason turning 3, I covered the seat cushions and back cushions. Then today tackled the rest of the sofa while Mason slept. I thought I would show you how it went down....and all for $68.00!!! 
This is what I started with - a comfortable sofa with age tattered fabric.
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Once I was happy with that I put some pins along the back of the sofa to hold it in place.
The same was done along the arms of the sofa. I also drew little guides where the corners are to make it a little easier when the cutting, pinning and sewing began. Then all I done was traced along the edges and grooves of the sofa, matched up the lines and pinned.
Once I was happy with that, I put the cover back on the sofa to get the hem right, sewed that and here is the base cover finished.
And here it is with the back and base cushions on. This photo is really brassy looking because I forgot to take one in the daylight, so had to use the flash and Mic was sitting on it, so I didn't get to fix the cushions for the photo...but I hope you get the picture.
So, after all of that (and a quote of approx $2500.00+ for the two sofas to be covered) it only cost me $68.00 and 5 hours time over 2 days...and I even have enough fabric left to do the other sofa! Now I can have my cup of Coffee in this lovely squishy "new" sofa.