the lazy-girl slipcover

About two years ago I read a blog post that included an image of a sofa with an oversized bedspread thrown across.  The blogger referred to it, I think, as something like “granny’s sofa.”  But the image has stayed with me.  There was something comfortable and uncomplicated about that room.  The look wasn’t as rumpled as I would have imagined.

Fast forward a year.  One day I ventured into a consignment store I’d been meaning to visit for months and spotted a short tufted leather sofa.  It seemed like it would be a wonderful addition to our living room so I made the purchase and the delivery crew brought it to our house right away.

Even though I liked the scale of the furniture, the medium brown leather proved to be too dense for the light atmosphere of the room. It was as though the sofa was the heaviest thing around, my eye kept moving to it, like gravity.   My solution was to cover it with a woven cotton rug.   Sort of a lazy-girl type of slipcover.

But we both like the look.  A lot.  So even though it might be a lazy-girl slipcover, we’re keeping it.  At least for now.  The wonderful texture and classic stripe makes the leather sofa seem lighter in appearance and the colors work well in combination with the other textiles in the room.

Last weekend we tried a variation on this theme by tucking a woven cotton tablecloth over the cushions of the small sofa in the bedroom.  Lazy-girl slipcover #2.

All I can say is, I like it.

For other slipcover inspiration, click here.

Thank you for reading 🙂

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