Oh Nooooo! Why did they do this? I have two of these sofas and only one extra slipcover! I thought it was the most popular slip for the Ektorp -- so strange!

They're introducing a replacement, from what I've read online.

Looks like this may be the replacement. But it's not white and not 100% cotton.

The replacement is the Vittarytd white, also not 100% cotton, and 3x the cost of the Blekinge

I just bought one on Ebay for twice the original price, but still a fraction of what my C&B slipcover costs. I wash mine so much, with pets and living by the beach, etc. so I wanted to grab one while I could. My dog has this lovely habit of walking around my sofas while wiping his beard along the front of the cushions. He does it around my bed too-- all along all three sides. And he's an Airedale Terrier with quite a beard too -- yuck!

I wrote Ikea and asked them why this happened. I noticed that a lot of the slipcovers were not 100% cotton, so I was thinking I might get some sort of 'green' reason.

No.

Ikea seems to be telling me (see their email to me, below) that they didn't care how much we liked the Blekinge, that they axed it to make way for the new product (the new white slipcover which is 3x the cost, by the way).

Hello Lucille,

Thank you for contacting IKEA. Although we do our best to respond to all emails as quickly as possible, due to such high demand, it is possible to experience a delay. We apologize for the untimely response, and we thank you for your patience.

Regretfully, IKEA products are not discontinued necessarily as a result of any sales or consumer demand, but on product development. This process allows IKEA to open space to introduce new products to the range offered to our customers.

We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused you and appreciate your inquiry.

Best Regards,

Marie

IKEA US Customer Support Center

Email: UScustomercare259@ikea.com

There is a white one but it's polyester only 30% cotton:

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/90321704/#/90321761

I am no dying expert but probably harder to dye polyester too.

We are going through this with the Kivik right now. We had one with a white cotton cover but it was destroyed in the great fire/flood of '15. We went to replace it and found the white cover was quite different. I haven't tried to wash it yet, but I've noticed it catches grime much easier than the old cotton one. My DDs go to private school and wear white shirts. The old uniform shirts were cotton and you could get the stains out, but they were replaced with poly shirts that hold onto stains, so I'm not hopeful that the new poly Kivik cover will fare any better. It also doesn't feel as nice, but all the rest of our soft furnishings are natural fabrics, so I'm a bit biased.

Also meant to mention Bemz in case anyone really wants a natural fibre cover for their Ikea sofas. Not particularly cheap, but nicer options.

The other thing I should add is that the entire quality of the new Kivik sucks. The cushions are way worse, the support in the frame not nearly as good, it generally feels like a piece of cr@p to sit on whereas the old version felt like a quality sofa. Funny that the price didn't go down to match the quality.

Add me to the irked list. We just bought an Ektorp sofa and the larger loveseat with chaise last summer, with the Blekinge White slips. I have loved them so far -- washed the slips twice with excellent results. One of the reasons we purchased the Blekinge White was because they are 100% cotton.

I contemplated making a run to Atlanta today (my nearest Ikea, but 2.5 hours away) to see if any are left in stock, but ended up purchasing on eBay. The sofa cover was 2x the retail price, but the loveseat/chaise cover was only $10 higher than retail.

Although our original slips have held up very well, I need to have a backup!

I found some in the As Is bin but had a hard time figuring out what parts I needed since they were all as single items, 5.00/pop. I bought a complete chair slip cover for 10.00, though.

IKEA email

or 1-888-888-4532

I just sent them an email.

daisychain01, we bought our Kivik leather sofa a little over 1 year ago and we are very pleased. When was a change made?

tmnca, I'm glad you are happy with yours. I'm not sure when the change was made. We bought our first one about 3 years ago and this new one just a few weeks ago. I'm sure we used to be able to flip our cushions, but these are relatively soft on one side and hard as a rock on the other. I think I will order the cotton cover from Bemz for the seat cushions. At least if the cover feels nice, it would go a long way to making it seem more liveable.

Hi,

I have two new unused Ikea Ektorp Armchair Chair Slipcover Cover Blekinge White to sell. I bought them by mistake, I needed two for my Ikea Etktop jennylund and just now I opened them and realized it. So if someone is interested to buy them, please let me know. (verosico01@gmail.com)

Veronica

hi interested in the chair covers, where are you located? hilaryscott39@gmail.com

Lucille, they aren't 100 percent cotton so you can wash and dry them and they won't shrink.