Water-Repellent Armchair Cover

The living-room armchair is where you put your coffee down, where the cat climbs up, where you eat in front of a film. It's also the one that takes everything.

This armchair cover takes the splashes instead. Liquids bead on the surface: you have time to wipe them with a cloth.

What it changes at home

• Liquids bead on the surface. The jacquard fabric has a water-repellent finish: a drop of water or spilt coffee sits on top while you wipe it up.
• A jacquard knit that stretches. Both ways: a single piece covers the back, the seat and the arms, straight or rounded.
• No tools, no cutting. 2 minutes at most: unfold it, slip it on, then tuck the edges between the seat and the back. Nothing to screw in.
• A quick tidy now and then. Like a fitted sheet: when the fabric has moved, smooth it out and tuck the excess back into the gaps.

Day to day

• Machine washable at 30°C. Take it off, wash it, put it back on.
• Free delivery on orders of £85 or more, plus 2 free cushion covers: you choose them in your basket.

Measuring your armchair

One cover per armchair. Measure from one arm to the other, following the shape of the chair, arms included, with the tape measure flat against the fabric: this cover fits from 90 to 140 cm. Beyond that, choose the Water-Repellent Sofa Cover — the 2-seater size starts at 145 cm. Check the depth too: from the top of the back to the front edge of the seat, following the fabric, 140 cm at most.

Which armchair? A classic armchair with a straight back and arms — the kind you find in a living room or a bedroom. A tub or club chair, with a low, wraparound back, needs the tub chair cover; a chair with a high back and side wings needs the wingback chair cover, each cut for its shape.

Available in 10 colours

Grey · Black · Beige · Off-white · Chocolate · Coffee · Dark burgundy · Navy blue · Sage green · Pink.

Each armchair shape has its own cover, in a single size: first identify the shape of yours, then check its measurements.

How to measure

• Classic armchair, with a straight back and arms: measure from one arm to the other, following the shape of the chair, arms included, with the tape measure flat against the fabric. The cover fits 90 to 140 cm. Beyond that, choose the sofa cover in the 2-seater size (from 145 cm), in stretch, water-repellent jacquard or velvet. Check the depth too: from the top of the back to the front edge of the seat, following the fabric, 140 cm at most.
• Tub chair, club chair or Scandinavian-style armchair, with a low back and solid arms: it has its own cover, in one size, cut for this shape: 70 to 90 cm high, 65 to 95 cm wide, top of the back 55 to 75 cm, seat 35 to 55 cm wide.
• Wingback chair: 69 to 80 cm wide at the top, wings included, 95 to 110 cm high, 80 to 92 cm deep from front to back.

Fitting

• Centre the cover on the back, slip it on from the top, pull it down with both hands, tie the cords under the chair, then tuck the foam tuck-in sticks into the gaps. Two minutes at most, no tools, no need to remove the cushion.
• Wingback chair: fit the cover over the wings first, then pull it down.

Size guide · Fitting guide

The water-repellent finish gives you time, it doesn’t seal the fabric: liquids bead on the surface, you blot them up, and nothing sets in. Fabric conditioner clogs the finish and cancels it out, and so does the heat of a tumble dryer.

Day to day

• Blot while the liquid is still on the surface. Dab, never rub: rubbing pushes the liquid between the threads.
• Vacuum now and then in the direction of the weave; a soft brush cleans the texture.
• If a spill has been left to sit, a full wash will freshen the fabric — the water-repellent finish can’t prevent a stain that’s left too long.

Washing

• Turn the cover inside out to protect the texture.
• Machine wash at 30°C on a delicate cycle with a gentle liquid detergent, with no fabric conditioner or bleach.
• Gentle spin, 800 rpm maximum.

Drying

• Dry flat or on a clothes airer, in the open air. Put the cover back on while it’s still slightly damp so it tightens back up; the water-repellent finish reactivates as it dries.

Avoid

• Fabric conditioner, tumble dryer, bleach, rubbing, a hot iron on the right side.

Care guide

Dispatched within 24 working hours, then tracked delivery in 3 to 8 working days to the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Delivery

• Free on orders of £85 or more, with 2 free cushion covers.
• Below £85: £3.99.
• Delivered to your door, with a tracking number by email.

Returns

• 30-day money-back guarantee from delivery, change of mind included. Return postage is paid by you.
• Request your return by email with your order number: we send you the return address and instructions.
• Refund within 24 hours of receiving your return. For a size or colour exchange, send the item back and we will send you the size or colour you want, subject to availability.

Delivery information · Returns and exchanges