Veronica Hughes: A simple sofa solution (and new pillows!)

Well hello! I'm in the midst of a few different projects around the house but I wanted to share yet another quick fix with you today. I've shared a few of these lately -- I'm on a roll! I'll give you a list of the most recent ones at the bottom of the post.

I love sharing stuff like this because if it helps us I know it will be a fix for some of you too. Nothing earth-shattering here, but it's a solution for a little annoyance we dealt with on a daily basis.

Do your sofa cushions do this?:

We've not really dealt with this with any other sofa we've owned, but these cushions scooch out nearly every time we sit on them. It's annoying! I love the sofas so much it's something we just fixed every time. (Well, I fixed. The boy and man in my life don't seem to notice it like I do.)

And both cushions were never the same amount of scooch, so it was noticeable, at least to me. Sometimes they would be waaaay out there:

And then the back cushions would fall down in the crack and push them out even more and it was ongoing drama. So every day I'd push the cushions back in...and on one of those days I had an idea. I'm quite sure this is nothing new, but for those of you who push cushions back in every day like me it's a SUPER easy fix!

We have an extra rug pad from the old house we're not using. So I thought I would try cutting a piece to fit under the cushions:

Easy trick to keep sofa cushions from sliding

I tried it on one side for nearly a week and NO movement. SCORE! Ours is extra thick (affiliate) like this one so I think that helps.

I promptly added it to the rest of them and so far so good. I just laid it on the sofa -- no tape or glue or anything. They don't move at all and it grabs on to the cushions so they don't slide out. I'm so excited about this little fix! It seems to be working great.

I've also been looking for pillows for the sofas for MONTHS. I found some from Pottery Barn a few months ago and love those, but couldn't find anything I liked to work with them.

The other day I was going through my fabric stash and found a pretty design I had just enough of. I don't even remember what I bought it for! I sewed up four pillows and then added the striped pillows I had on the window seat in the old house:

Simple trick to keep couch cushions from sliding

They work together so beautifully! I'm not kidding when I say I searched forever for pillows and there they were in the house all this time. (You can find the Pottery Barn covers here, the floral fabric was from Calico Corners and the stripe was from Joann's.)

And they work so well with the new color on the fireplace and built ins in the family room! No, I still haven't finished painting the built ins on the other side. I'm avoiding it with pillow sewing:

Two quick fixes on one sofa! It's been a good week! ;)

Have you tried this rug pad trick? If you have sliding cushions I say give it a go. We had a large pad that I cut up but of course you could get a smaller one for just the size you need.

I hope to be back with more DIY projects next week! Have a wonderful weekend my friends!

Here's some other quick fixes I've shared recently on the blog and at my Facebook page that you might find helpful!: