Decorate for Spring: 10 Tips from 10 Top Designers

Transform Your Slipcovers

To start, you'll need to invest in basic parsons chairs with white slipcovers. Yes, it's an investment up front, but it's one worth making because you'll be able to customize these chairs as often as you like!

Simply run a strip of Velcro up the back of the chair, then over and down the height of the chair. You can attach coordinating runners for different events, holidays or seasons. Think of all those color options and pattern possibilities! Line up the adorned chair with the runner on your table so that you further emphasize the visual line or band for maximum impact. The runners are a small investment—the ones in this project cost a mere $5.99 a pop—to achieve a completely different look that takes seconds to change out.


— Kristan Cunningham, decorating expert formerly from HGTV's Design on a Dime, now with Shelterpop.com