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Custom Slipcovers for my IKEA Sofa

I partnered with Bemz for this post.

Hello friends!

If you know me, you know I love a good slipcover! This white/neutral loving girl has been using them for almost twenty years. You can’t beat the ability to take off your covers and throw them in the wash. It’s like having new, clean furniture all the time. So, I’ve partnered with the wonderful people at Bemz again to make a custom slipcover for my Ikea sofa. Bemz had made me two beautiful slipcovers for my my Farlov Ikea armchairs and I was so impressed with the fit and quality of their covers I knew I needed a new cover for the sofa! You can click Here to see the updated Ikea armchairs.

For those of you who haven’t heard about Bemz, they make custom covers for Ikea furniture that are machine washable and made to order in Europe. If you want to personalize and update your current Ikea furniture, simply go onto their site, find your type/series of furniture and then check out all the fabrics you can choose from. To help you to decide, you can request samples of the fabrics you’re interested in (This will be the hard part because you’ll want them all!) and Bemz will send you up to five samples for free.

The samples above are the gorgeous fabrics that caught my eye but in the end I stuck with the same beautiful 100% Linen in “brera lino-natural” that I had chosen for my Farlov chairs. You can see it up there in the right hand corner. (The struggle was real though folks, aren’t they all swoon worthy?!)

Once you choose your fabric and place your order, your new slipcovers will come in a box in a few weeks. Seeing the mailman drop that box off at the front door is kinda like Christmas morning!

I love this beautiful 100% linen fabric. It comes pre-shrunk and is machine washable…which comes in handy with a grandson, dog and cat!

It looks and feels so much cozier in here now.

When I walked into the living room today I was struck again at how much richer and cozier my sofa looks. It’s made such a difference to the whole space!

Be sure to tune in next week as I’ll be participating in a fall home tour along with 4o other amazing bloggers. I’ll be sharing the living room and more of these beautiful covers just in time for the fall season!

Blessings,

Kim

Custom Slipcovers for my Ikea Armchairs

6:00 am by kim 27 Comments

Custom Slipcovers For My Ikea Armchairs

I partnered with Bemz for this post. As always, all thoughts, opinions and Ideas are 100% my own.

Last spring I was on the lookout for a couple of armchairs for my living room, I never dreamed I’d be getting custom slipcovers for them! We had already replaced my ten year old Ektorp Sofa with a new one and I was about to replace my one Ektorp armchair for two new ones when I found this, the Farlov! It wasn’t even in the showroom yet but it was in the catalog. I loved the clean lines and it came with a white slipcover..so, I bought two, without actually seeing them in person! I was a little surprised at the size of these chairs as I was assembling them (they’re big), but the bigger surprise came when I opened the box to get at the slipcovers. Not to offend anyone who has these and love them, but I was so disappointed! I had expected a white cotton similar to my sofa slipcover but these had the appearance of a creamy polyester tweed..not the look I was going for at all. That’s when I decided to try out a company I had heard of who make custom slipcovers for IKEA furniture called Bemz.

I went on their site to see if they were making custom slipcovers for the Farlov yet, seeing how it was fairly new. I was so happy when they were and when I saw all the fabric choices, over 25o+ colours and prints to choose from, I was doing my happy dance! This is just a small sampling of what you’ll find on their site.

Bemz will send you 5 free samples to help you to decide on a fabric of your choice. This process may take a bit of time because there is so much to choose from.. and you may change your mind.. a few dozen times! I placed all my samples on the chair to see if that would help me to decide. I eliminated the greys and charcoals, as much as I loved them, they wouldn’t go with the rest of my decor. I also eliminated the stripes, it would have been too much pattern in such a small space. It also would have made it difficult for me to change/add different colour pillows with the seasons. I needed something a bit more neutral.

I ended up with these six, but I knew the denim floral would be too much in my small space.

I came up with a mood board using colours and textures I have in the room. Wood, white and brass together with my favourite blue and white paisley pillow covers.

I finally made it down to three and this is where I had to ask my friends on Instagram to help me! I asked everyone on IG stories for their top pick and most people chose the “brera lino duck egg” linen (the sample on the left). I decided I’d go with that one since it was in keeping with my coastal farmhouse/beachy vibe I love. But…you guessed it, I changed my mind! At the last minute I realized that although I do love the colour, I wasn’t sure how it would look come fall and then Christmas. How would I style it and work other colours around it? I decided to stick with my trusty neutrals and I went for this beautiful 100% linen called “brera Lino-natural”.

I love the natural linen! The custom slipcovers fit perfectly and are so comfortable to sit in. For those of you who want to try living with neutrals but the thoughts of crisp white slipcovers are a little scary, this is a great option. They come pre-washed and are machine washable. If you’re looking to cover a new or existing sofa, chair etc., they have something for every style.

The farlov comes with a lumbar pillow and they made a cover for that too. I also had them make a couple of throw pillows in the” brera lino duck egg” fabric that I had initially chose. I think they look great!

I think the slipcovers on my two farlov armchairs turned out beautifully and I’m loving the fabric choice…although I think any of those fabrics would have looked great! I’m kinda rethinking my sofa cover now..hmmm.Lol.

Blessings,

Kim

Simple and Cozy Fall Home Tour

5:00 am by kim 13 Comments

Hello everyone! I’m back again and sharing my Simple and Cozy Fall Home Tour as part of the Seasonal Simplicity Home Tours hosted by Krista from the HappyHousie If you’re visiting from Jenna Kate at Home, Welcome! I love participating in these tours as they’re basically a one stop shop for all your seasonal decor inspiration. Simply follow the links at the bottom of the post to visit all the other blogger’s tours!

I really wanted to keep it as simple as possible with my fall decorating this year but still make it feel cozy. I didn’t use a lot of the usual fall decor but If you look really close you might find a pumpkin or two! Lol. I changed out the vintage rug in the foyer to this pretty pink and brown one, I love the look and character vintage rugs bring! I used my favourite colour blue, along with mustard yellow and some browns for my colour palette this fall.

The leaves on the trees haven’t changed around here yet so I kept the same green branches out here from spring and summer.

A bit of blue and some branches and a little blue pumpkin. I made this lumbar pillow from a throw rug, you can find the tutorial for that here.

I love this baby blue le creuset dutch oven and it reminds me that fall is a great time for getting cozy and cooking warm soups and stews.

I found these mustard yellow dried grasses at Michael’s and they’re mimicked in the mustard yellow throw cushions in the living room and the napkins I used in my fall tablescape. I love how well it plays off with the blue!

I kept my usual runner out here in the kitchen and it has the blue, brown and mustard yellow that I’ve used for my fall colour palette.

I used some tall pampas grass as well as a fall faux flower arrangement full of fall flowers and leaves here in the dining room. My daughter says it looks like something from the 90’s Lol!

I kept out the faux eucalyptus that I had used in my fall tablescape. It can be kept out all the time with plenty of room for plates as well as food dishes on either end of the table.

Here’s a photo from my fall tablescape post.

We used mustard yellow and navy blue velvet cushions in the living room along with more pampas grass and a hydrangea flower arrangement. We switched out our rug for this vintage rug with shades of brown and beige. The beautiful linen slipcovers in “natural” were custom made for our farlov sofa and chairs by Bemz who make custom slipcovers for Ikea furniture. If you want to find out more about Bemz and these slipcovers you can check out the posts here and here.

I’m loving the new slipcovers. They’re machine washable, fit perfectly and make our fall living room.

Boo tried to get into most of the photos but this is the only one where he stayed still and wasn’t a blur 🙂

I hoped you enjoyed our fall tour!

Next up on the tour hop is the lovely Summer from Summer Adams, you can head over to see her tour..

Blessings,

Kim

This week is Fall Home tour week! All week long talented bloggers are sharing their homes dressed and ready for fall to help inspire you with all kinds of ideas for your own fall decor. Just click on the links below the images to see more…