IKEA's Klippan sofa is a classic with many expressions...
THE Klippan sofa from IKEA represents classic styling. Its durability makes it able to withstand even the wild antics of a family with children.
Klippan is quite simply a lot of sofa for the money and there are a few reasons for this. One of them is that there are so many possibilities to renew the sofa and revitalise your room. There are many different fabric covers for Klippan to enable you to change your sofa whenever you like.
You may even want to have a few covers on hand to switch between – a different cover for every season, perhaps. And if you prefer leather, there are fixed leather covers to choose from too.
The removable covers are machine washable of course and easy to put on and take off. Fabric or leather, trendy or romantic, mature or childlike – the choice is yours.
The story of Klippan starts with a broken sofa. A product developer at IKEA was tired of his expensive sofa that broke when his children jumped on it. He and a colleague decided to make a sofa that was both child-friendly and attractive – and had a low price.
At that time washable covers were uncommon, so they made removable covers that could be put in an ordinary washing machine a high priority, along with a durable frame. The idea was that people should be able to change covers whenever they liked.
Klippan appeared in the IKEA catalogue for the first time in 1980. Originally, there were two brightly-coloured quilted covers to choose from – one with flowers, the other chequered. Since then, the sofa has been available with many different covers, while the design and construction have remained the same.
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