How to Keep Slipcovers From Slipping

Hold your slipcover securely in place with plastic grippers made especially for slipcovers. Push the plastic grippers down in between the frame of the couch or chair and the seat cushion. The slipcover fabric hides the grippers from sight, leaving your seating with a perfect fit.

Put a piece of rug pad or rug grip underneath the slip cover, directly on top of your couch or chair. Made to keep rugs from slipping, wrinkling or folding over, rug pads work exactly the same way for your slipcovers. Use rug pads also on top of your leather or vinyl couch or chair, then place the slipcover over it to keep the slipcover from sliding.

Tuck a wooden dowel or a rolled-up magazine secured with a rubber band into the crevices or creases of your couch, after putting on the slipcover. This technique works by keeping the slipcover from pulling up or sliding when you sit on it. Use any similar cylinder object as an alternative if necessary to tuck into the crevices--the deeper you tuck them in, the better the slipcover stays in place. Use a wooden spoon to insert the objects deeply into the creases.

Place a piece of foam batting across the top of your leather or vinyl couch or chair, then place the slipcover over it. This ensures the slipcover will not slide when anyone sits on it.