How to Dress a Sofa?

While we often focus on big and eye-catching renovation projects, interior design’s real value and beauty tend to lie in details, such as decorations or a well-chosen colour scheme. You don’t necessarily need to invest in expensive designer furniture to give your living room that stylish look you admire in interior design magazines, the very same results can be achieved with carefully crafted decor.

With the right accessories, even a cheap grey corner sofa can be transformed into a truly one-of-a-kind piece of furniture. In the article below, we’ll explain how to dress a sofa with throws and cushions to give it exactly the kind of look you want.

Easy Ideas for a Quick Sofa Makeover

Whether you’re buying a new sofa and want it to fit seamlessly into the current look of your living room, you want to transform it into the centrepiece of your room’s decor, or maybe you want to give your old sofa a second chance by revamping its appearance, using accessories such as cushions and throws is the most effective, and coincidentally also the easiest, way to achieve it. Dressing a sofa is a quick and cost-effective home decor project that requires no special tools, knowledge or experience.

How to Dress a Sofa With Cushions

We usually look at cushions in one of two ways: either purely as decorative elements or we focus primarily on their functionality and capability to make our sofas more comfortable. Unfortunately, this first approach can result in choosing cushions that look great but are simply uncomfortable. Focusing on function, on the other hand, often limits their number to two or three cushions per sofa because that’s how many we need for day-to-day use without necessarily considering the aesthetic value of the finished styling. Taking all of this into account, we can safely assume that the best way to dress a sofa with cushions is to combine accessories that are both comfortable and beautiful.

How to Style Cushions on a Sofa

There is no one right way to style cushions on a sofa, you can unleash your creativity and try out different arrangements and combinations, but to make this task a bit easier, we have a few ideas for a stylish sofa

• if you want to go with a smaller number of cushions, consider using contrasting colours or bold patterns that will make them stand out,
• when adding a larger number of cushions, opt for a variety of patterns and sizes while maintaining a consistent colour scheme,
• if your cushions differ in size, place those that are the biggest at the back so that they do not cover the smaller ones,
• match the colour of your cushions not with the sofa but with other decor elements, e.g., your carpet or curtains, to bring the whole room design together.

How to Dress a Sofa With Throws

Throws and blankets work great when you want to quickly give your sofa a complete makeover. Thanks to their size, they can help you cover uninteresting or damaged upholstery and offer a chance to change the look of your sofa at will by simply adding a throw in a different colour or with a different pattern.

How to Style Throws on a Sofa

But even if you don’t want or need to cover your sofa, you can enhance its appearance with throws. There are many ways to style throws on a sofa:

• you can, for example, hang a folded throw over the back or armrests for a splash of colour, 
• you can spread it out on the seats, where it will not only serve as a decoration but also protect the upholstery from stains,
• for a casual or rustic look, you can simply throw a blanket over your sofa in a seemingly unintentional but stylish manner.

Don’t Be Afraid of Using Colours and Textures

When buying a living room furniture set, you usually get a set consisting of elements in the same colour, with the same fabrics and patterns. Instead of seeing it as a finished design, treat such a set as a blank canvas on which you can create whatever you want by using different colours, patterns, fabrics and textures. This way, you don’t have to replace your sofa, you can simply change the way it looks. And the best part of dressing a sofa with cushions and throws is the fact that once you get bored with one style or want to try something else, you can simply change the accessories and once again give your sofa a completely new look.

At Sofafox, we believe that a great sofa should be at the very heart of any living room. Our offer consists of stylish sofas, sofa beds and corner sofas in a variety of styles and colours and with the best price-to-quality ratio on the market!