How to find exact covers for sofa?

Sofa cover is common product in our daily life, usually we will not notice it, but we can see it in everyone’s home, it is essential yet discreetly present in our home.

Why we need exact sofa covers

This is a very important question, this has two parts, one is that if sofa cover is necessary for us, another is that if the sofa cover need exact.

Therefore in order to clarify these two parts, let us check these two questions.

If sofa cover is necessary for us. We think it is necessary for our daily life. It can extend the lifespan of sofa, improve the life quality, also it can give us more colorful life in our day time.

If the sofa cover need exact or not, like we lay on the bed, all of us want to see a tidy and clean environment, sofa cover is the same, it should be treated in a flat or smooth way.

Do some preparation to find the key point of sofa

Once we want to find sofa cover for a sofa, we should check some points before we start. The key point is we should find the exact sofa size.

Here we suggest three ways to find the exact size of sofa

1. Find sofa brand and specification, we can check label to know the sofa size, label is usually sewn onto the sofa, we can find it on sofa frame, under the seat cushion, original zipper area.

Sometimes, we can check size information on Internet if the sofa you brought is designer brand. It has a website and lists specification on the website. Under this situation, we should remember clearly that sofa brand name and series name.

2. If we could not find the label on the sofa, what we can we do to find t he correct size of sofa. Under this situation, we should check the size all by our own. First we should check the total length, width, height of sofa,

Then we should check every part of sofa, like armrest, backseat and every signal seat.

By the way, we could take some photos when do the checking work, it can help us remember more details when choosing sofa cover.

The way to find exact sofa cover

After we had accurate sofa size data, we can start to choose sofa cover, there is one rule when doing the choosing work, it is called better too big than too small, for example, sofa size is 3 meters long, it should choose sofa cover at least 180*380cm. Because 3 meters is the straight length of sofa. When it comes to sofa cover, it should be fitted on the sofa, we should take height of armrest, the thickness of the sofa backrest into consideration. So actually the surface area of a sofa will be much larger than its length.

When we decided sofa cover size, here are three ways to get exact sofa cover.

1. Get the place where you get your sofa, generally it will have website or after service department, we can get further help if we have some problem, we can ask them if they have matched sofa covers. The strength of this way is we can easily find perfect sofa cover can meet our sofa.Certainly the weakness is cost will be higher.

We should be careful when do the purchasing decision. The size of  different sofa model is also different.

2. We can find some local retailers to buy the sofa cover, there must be some home textile shop online or nearby.

When we choose this way to buy sofa covers, we should pay more attention to details, we should check the model, size, material again and again. Some shop will have current product can perfectly fit the sofa model.

3. Sometimes, our sofa is customized, the size is unique and we could not find appropriate sofa cover. Therefore customized sofa cover is necessary. Under this situation, we should be more careful in size, material, payment and working time etc.. Also we need to find a reliable and trustful supplier when customize sofa cover.

If the sofa size is correct, by this way we can find 100% matched sofa cover for our sofa.

Checking some necessary point

1. When doing the checking work, we had better choose tape measure, and if conditions permit, we can cooperate with others to finish this measurement work. Besides, we should be careful when record the units.
2. If we like cotton, linen or similar material, we should be careful that this kind of material will be shrink during fabric shaping and washing. So we had better choose larger model to allow for shrinkage in sizing.
3. Besides, we need to know installation steps, confirm whether there is an installation guide or auxiliary tools when purchase finished product.
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Some FAQ to enhance fit and increase purchase success rate

How to find a suitable replacement for a discontinued model?

We could check size first, for sofa products, the size range is limited, we could find some similar model when choosing cover, we check the difference and make sure sofa cover can meet our needs. Especially those minor differences, this is the key point to show our room clean and tidy.

What should we do if the incompatibility is caused by measurement error?

When the measurement is incompatibility in daily use. We need check if it is larger or smaller, if the sofa cover is larger, we could fold it to meet the appropriate size, but if it is too small, we have to replace the sofa cover,  the only options are to repurchase or re-manufacture. This is why we suggest that better too big than too small.

What is the timeline and price range for the customized model?

Generally, customized sofa cover cost will be higher than finished products, since it needs separate cutting and sewing for our special size.

Timeline for customized model, it bases on the sofa cover manufacturer, as we know, a mature sofa cover supplier can finish producing within 3 days, just for your reference.

When it comes to price, we can check the price of finished products in our local market. The customized products will be about 20% higher than similar area. If the price goes higher, This doesn’t seem like a good deal.