Furniture Slipcovers Blog: GetSlipcovers.com

As most companies selling slipcovers calculate the shipping cost by the weight of the order, if you’re buying several slipcovers the shipping costs soon add up.  However, I’ve found a great ongoing promotion with Slipcover Shop, where you can get FREE shipping if you spend $219 or more.

You’ll need to enter the coupon code SLFRS at checkout when you order online, then press the "recalculate" button to make sure the shipping charge is discounted from your total.

Slipcover Shop a great range of quality ready made slipcovers for all kinds of furniture – sofas, loveseats, chairs, wingback seats and dining room chairs.  They also have unbeatable prices on custom slipcovers, which can be made to measure for less standard items of furniture, such as armless or sectional items.

This free shipping deal applies to all slipcovers, pillows and fabrics.  Click here to start shopping now!
 

Although it’s getting too close to Christmas for slipcovers delivered by standard shipping to get there in time, use Sure Fit’s rush shipping service before tomorrow 18th December and your slipcover order should arrive just in time for the holidays.

You would normally have to pay a premium for rush shipping, but as a special holiday promotion, Sure Fit are offering FREE rush shipping on all orders of $150 and over. 

You’ll have to rush yourself though, as this offer expires Tuesday 18th December.  So, this really is your last chance to guarantee your furniture slipcovers will be there before your first guests arrive!

To take advantage of this offer, use promo code HEFS when you order your slipcovers online.  Click here to view the full Sure Fit range.

What a weekend!  On Saturday I had the crazy idea that I’d get the last of my Christmas shopping done at the mall.  As everyone else in town seemed to have the same idea, this wasn’t the most enjoyable experience.  It was really hectic and stressful, being pushed and shoved in the crowds and then having to wait in line to pay.  I could feel my blood pressure soaring!  I can see why more and more people are buying their presents online these days!

Anyway, fortunately I did manage to get everything I wanted, so I was looking forward to a nice relaxing Sunday at home, wrapping my gifts and getting organized for the big day.  However, when I got home and checked my phone messages I had to quickly change my plans.  Out of the blue I’d had a call from an old friend who I haven’t seen for years, since she moved away from this area.  She was passing through on Sunday on her way to visit family up north, so she planned to call in and say hi around lunchtime!

While it was a nice surprise, it did mean I had to wave goodbye to a relaxing Sunday, and I spent all morning cleaning the house and preparing some food for lunch.  Around 1.30pm Lydia and family finally arrived, and I got to meet for the first time her husband Phil and the terrible two-year-old twins, Tim and Rosie.  They are quite cute kids really, but at that age where their hyperactive behaviour can be a bit trying.  Especially when they refused to sit at the table to eat the soup I’d made, and then of course spilled most of it over my couch – leaving a bright yellow stain.

Of course, I’d made sure I’d used my most robust sofa slipcover, made from washable cotton twill, as I had a feeling it wouldn’t be an uneventful visit!  And spilling their spicy parsnip soup on the furniture was just the first little accident to happen.  After lunch Tim and Rosie went to play in the garden, which I’d hoped would burn off some of their excess energy.  But after running all over the veggie patch they came back inside and decided it would be fun to jump all over the sofa, leaving horrible muddy marks all over the slipcover.  Then the little terrors proceeded to spill their fizzy drinks and smear chocolatey fingers on the arms, before attempting to scribble on the seat cushions.

You get the picture.  As Lydia and co happily drove off into the sunset, I was left to survey the damage to my home.  The sofa cover was a complete mess, but luckily my loveseat and chair slipcovers had survived unscathed (where us well-behaved grown-ups had been sitting).  I was just glad I could rip the slipcover off and throw it in the wash.  And luckily I’ve got several spare slipcovers on standby, so I was able to fit another one – ready for the next onslaught of Christmas visitors!

As I mentioned yesterday, today is the last day to order slipcovers from Sure Fit to make sure you receive them before the holidays.  If giving your old couch a makeover before the big day has been on your list of things to do for a while, now it really is time to take action – otherwise it’s quite likely you’ll be kicking yourself when your guests have to sit on your tatty old sofa again this Christmas!

As if you really need any more motivation to give your furniture an elegant new look for the holidays.  However, as an added incentive, Sure Fit are offering FREE Shipping on all slipcover orders of $75 and more – for today only.  (Sorry – I forgot to mention this offer before!)

To make sure your order is delivered for free, you’ll need to enter promo code HLFS at checkout when you order online.

To make sure your slipcover order arrives before Christmas, you’ll need to order by tomorrow – Friday 14 December – with Sure Fit. 

Sure Fit have also added several more slipcovers to their clearance sale, which runs to 14 December.  There are some great bargains to be found here, with between 20-85% off a variety of sofa, loveseat and chair slipcovers, as well as a cotton duck ottoman cover, a Dylan Stripe wing chair slipcover and a selection of pretty pillows.

There is also a special promotion on selected stretch slipcovers, where you can get a free pillow when you purchase a selected loveseat or sofa cover.  The slipcovers that are included in this offer are: stretch Dalton, stretch animal, stretch velvet and stretch woven corduroy one-piece covers, and the stretch herringbone separate seat cover.

The free pillows are specially chosen to coordinate with each slipcover, and are excellent for completing your furniture’s new look just in time for the holidays!

But hurry – if you want to show off your new furniture slipcovers to your guests on Christmas Day, you must order by tomorrow (Friday 14th December) to ensure you receive your order in time.

On Sunday we invited a few friends and neighbours to our house for pre Christmas drinks, seeing as it’s that time of year again already.  I made some of my mulled wine, as that’s always popular when we have guests, as well as mince pies and other party food.  We put all our Christmas decorations up and hung the lights on the tree.  And to add the finishing touches and complete the festive mood, I fitted my new stretch slipcovers on my living room furniture. 

This time I’d chosen garnet stretch pique slipcovers from Sure Fit, for my loveseats, sofa and armchairs.  This deep red color is just right for this time of year, and is welcoming and warm.  Shortly before people began to arrive, I put on some Christmas music to get everyone in a party mood.  This proved a popular decision as after a couple of glasses of mulled wine, several people started dancing!

It wasn’t long before the first accident occurred.  Andrew, our neighbour from down the street, got a bit carried away on the dancefloor and didn’t notice until it was too late that he’d spilled half his drink over the sofa.  Later on, another neighbour, Sharon, somehow managed to sit on the remains of a mince pie that had landed on the arm of my loveseat, squishing the mincemeat into the slipcover material. 

You get the picture, it was quite a lively party!  That evening when everyone had finally gone, I surveyed the damage.  Although my slipcovers are washable, I realised I didn’t have time to wash them and hang them out to dry before Monday, when I was expecting more visitors.  Fortunately, I had a spare set to hand in the linen cupboard, which are dark green and work just as well at creating a holiday mood.  I whipped the dirty covers off and it didn’t take me long to fit the clean slipcovers on my furniture, ready for the next onslaught of guests!  I learned my lesson there and have vowed to always make sure I’ve got a clean set of slipcovers on standby for emergencies like this!