I love mix and match upholstery. Here are some samples of what can be done with your sofas, chairs or foot stools.

Pretty chair with blue and white print on front and solid colors on he back.

This chair was covered in an old quilt just on the seat and the back. I think this is a good idea for old quilts you may have that aren't good for anything else. You can also sew your own blocks, sew together and use for chair.

Different sections of chairs and sofas can be upholstered in different fabric, arms and front of arms can be done different. Seats and back can be different.

If it's just the cushions you want upholstered and don't want to do it yourselve it's very cheap to have just that done. Better then buying a new sofa.

Another pretty chair with a quilt used on it. Just upholstering the back and cushions, not real hard to do. In this day and age when we all need help to save this kind of thing gives a new look to old furniture.

This chair is a favorite of mine. It has been upholstered in scrapes of fabric and a sampler used on the back of the chair. Samplers are pretty easy to find in yard sales or antique stores usually not real expensive. Ebay also has some good buys.

This chair is done in old quilts but also can be done with remnants. This is my kind of chair I love all the bright colors. Any old chair you find anywhere can be done this way. Old pieces of quilts can be bought pretty cheap if it just a cutting quilt. You can also find lots of fabrics that look like quilts. Old bedspreads or comforters will also work.

Chair 6 is my chair. I wanted it done with roosters and I found a fabric that had small roosters on it then I also wanted a black plaid of some kind. I found that also they are not coordinating fabric but they do look good together.

Right now I have two loveseats that need to have the cushions covered. When I get them done I will be sure to put the pictures on.

This chair was done in a plain fabric for the front and colorful stripe fabric for the back. It has a more modern look. They don't always have to look country.

Another example of different fabrics on this chairs 8 and 9. Plaids work the best to add with a pattern. High back chairs seem easy to find at yard sales I just saw one this summer that looked like the two chairs pictured but needed to be recovered.

Coordinating fabrics. These may not look like they are coordinating fabric but they are.

I really don't care if my fabric is coordinating I'm all for putting on any fabric you like.

It's also a cheaper way of upholstery because if you have left over fabric you can use it up. Also if you use a solid say on the back of a chair solids are sometimes cheap then a printed fabric.

This sofa is covered in coordinating fabric. If you look at it close you will see different fabric on the front, seats, back and arms. I count 4 different fabrics.

The best thing about this is if you have an old sofa or chair that wears out just on the cushions you can have just the cushions replaced with a fabric that coordinates with the rest of the sofa or chair.

You can also use leather and fabric for a sofa or chair.

Here's another idea for covering furniture, use an old vintage table cloth, dresser runner or anything like old embroidered pieces that you aren't going to use for anything else.

I have also used place mats for covering a wood chair seat. You may have to add fabric to the place mat to make it big enough but if you sew that is easy or put more then one place mat together.

This ottoman( hassock) (footstool) sales for $499. but the same type can easily be made from remanants of fabric that you have or can be bought in any fabric store. Upholstery or regular fabric.

Another sample of sofas done in different fabrics. Solid color sofa works best then you can just do the cushions in a different fabric. Through the years I have gotten rid of so many sofas I wish I still had and could cover them this way.