IKEA has a great range of different sofas in different colors and sizes to an amazing price. Making it an ideal place to buy your sofa for your home, no matter what your budget is. The only downside is perhaps that they doesn’t look as luxurious or expensive as you perhaps wanted them to look. We have therefore added some tips and tricks to how you can make your IKEA sofa look more expensive. Turning it into the sofa of your dreams.
Here are 5 ways to make your IKEA sofa look expensive:
1. Fill it with premium pillows
A great way to make an IKEA sofa look more expensive, is to add the sofa with premium pillow covers. Look for pillows that match the sofa in color and style. It does not need to be exactly the same color, but it should be within the color range you have picked for the room.
Try to add different pillows in different sizes and shapes. This will make it easier to create dept to the sofa. Add larger pillows in the back and smaller pillows in the front. You can also remove some of the sofa pillows that came with the sofa and add premium pillows to the sofa instead. You can for example remove the large back pillows that came with the sofa and replace them with other larger premium pillows.
Make sure that the filling is also of premium quality to make the pillows look extra fluffy. Duck feather filling is a great example of premium pillow filling (you can find this at IKEA).
2. Change the fabric to a bespoke fabric
Another way to make an IKEA sofa more expensive, is to change the fabric on the sofa. Every sofa from IKEA comes with slip covers, which makes them perfect to wash if you had an accident. But it also makes them perfect to change or upgrade to a more premium cover to make the IKEA sofa feel more luxurious and expensive.
There are companies that specialises in making bespoke IKEA covers for sofas with more of a premium quality fabric, one of them being Bemz. Just search for your IKEA sofa name and you will find a broad range of quality fabrics that will fit the sofa. The only disadvantage is that these fabrics are definitely more expensive than the fabrics you can buy directly from IKEA.
I would recommend to order fabric swatches first before you place the main order, as you are not able to see the fabric in real life and how it works with your home, style and lighting.
3. Work with tone-on-tone colors
Another way to make your sofa look more expensive, is to blend it well with its surroundings. Pick a sofa color that matches the background, especially the wall color. Fill the sofa with pillows in the same color range as the sofa. This will enable the sofa to feel like its more a part of the bigger picture of the room and not draw too much attention.
Try to use different textures and fabrics to create more depth to the space. It can be different types of furry and fluffy pillows, different type of fabrics and different types of shades of the same color.
4. Throw a throw over the sofa
Adding a premium throw or a blanket to an IKEA sofa is a brilliant way to also make the sofa look more expensive. An ideal way to do it, is to buy a thick and fluffy throw is in the same color as the sofa and then lay it over the back of the furniture, ideally in the middle of it. This will minimize the larger spaces of the original fabric to the sofa, which can reduce the probability of it look cheap. The throw will draw the attention away from the original fabric.
You can also add pillows in each corner of the sofa, next to the throw. This will reduce the visibility of the original fabric even more. Make also sure that the pillow covers are also of premium quality.
5. Keep it in pristine condition
The best way to make an IKEA sofa look more expensive, is to keep it in pristine condition. Make sure that you fluff all the pillows after every time the sofa is used. This includes the main seating pillows, the back pillows and the decorative cushions. Be careful when you bring food and drink into the sofa and have a look over it afterwards. If there are any stains, remove them immediately with a warm cloth or take off the fabric and put it in the washing machine straight away.
Try to have a routine of vacuuming the sofa every week and iron or steam the fabric every time the sofa cover is washed. If you have animals, try to have a throw that the animal can sit on.
These are our tips for making an IKEA look more expensive. The key is to make the sofa blend with the environment and mix it up with more premium smaller items.
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