When my husband and I got married like a lot of newlyweds we didn't have a lot of money.  That meant that we lived with a lot of hand-me-downs.  My parents gave us an old set of dining room chairs and a table. My in-laws gave us a tired old sofa they had in their basement. Yes, we were grateful for their help, and the free furniture, but my husband and I both hated it.  The first thing we did was purchase a slip cover for the sofa.  We felt it was on way that we could update it and help to make it feel more like it was ours.

That was many years ago now and our oldest daughter is heading off to college. She's going to be sharing an apartment with some other girls. We are doing what we can to help her furnish her apartment.  Believe it or not, we gave her an old sofa, much like my in-laws had given us.  It had been in the back of our basement for many years.  Of course she turned her nose up at it. But, after we put a new stretch slip cover on it she loves it.

Slip covers have been around for many, many years. They sure have changed from the old sofa throws that our GrandMa's had. Today's trend is towards stretch slip covers for sofas and for chairs.  These slip covers are amazing. They stretch to fit your furniture like a glove. They'll give your sofa, love seat or chair a brand new crisp look. These couch slip covers come in one piece and some have separate cushion covers which give a custom made slip cover look to your sofa.

Today's fabrics are amazing too.  Most are an easy care polyester/cotton blend that goes from washer to dryer and come out fabulous.  There are a wide array of chic slip cover fabrics to choose from, canvas, cotton, micro suede, toile patterns, floral patterns, tapestry, damask and many other choices.

There are slip covers to fit any sofa or love seat or chair in your home. You can give new life to your dining chairs, high back chairs, recliners, wing chairs, over-stuffed chairs and barrel chairs. Most slip covers come with clips and foam tubes to help you get a custom slip cover look.

My husband and I had a good laugh about the second life that our sofa received with its Sure Fit slip cover, just like his mother's sofa had all those years ago.