These Paris-Inspired Slipcovers by Celebrity Designer Francesca Grace Make IKEA Furniture Look A-List – And Feel Like a Real Luxury

Decorator to the stars, Francesca Grace is no stranger to one-of-a-kind interiors. When your roster includes Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber, and Alicia Keys, it goes without saying: custom is the baseline.

So it’s particularly exciting for the rest of us that her latest project isn’t about dressing another celebrity home, or even creating something entirely new, but about reworking what already exists. In a first-of-its-kind luxury collaboration with Stockholm-based slipcover brand Bemz, Francesca channels her A-list sensibility into a more democratic canvas – IKEA frames, existing sofas, and other furniture you already own, but haven’t quite figured out how to love.

‘This collection was born out of a moment in Paris, drifting through La Puce market,’ she explains. ‘Everywhere I looked, there were layers of aged textiles, rich tapestries, and beautifully faded fabrics that told their own stories. I wanted to capture that feeling and reinterpret it in a way that feels modern yet earthy.'

You see those storied layers immediately in the fabrics, which, once set and styled, read less like ‘slipcovers’ and more like living room furniture you might have sourced abroad. Much of this outsized impact can be attributed to the new Mohair Velvet – Bemz’s most luxurious fabrication to date – introduced just for the occasion and rendered in a moody, botanical blend of muted pink and yellow.

Elsewhere, the palette settles into similarly rich, slightly aged hues: a verdant cotton velvet; the Vintage Forest pattern of stylized trees on Bemz’s more accessible Simply Linen; and Vintage Chenille Jacquard, a softened rose motif offered in two old-world colorways.

None of these frills or flounces look remotely practical, but – in keeping with Francesca's own California cool – all of it is machine-washable. Essentially, it's the fantasy version of vintage.

This dialogue between old-world reference and modern-day ease runs left, right, and center throughout this collection.

It's two focuses – antique tapestries and skirted furniture – may be among the most talked-about returns for living room furniture trends of 2026, but they tend to come with a level of preciousness that’s hard to live with. Here, Francesca removes that barrier, keeping the romance of the design trend revival while losing the rules.

‘Tapestry and furniture skirts both have deep roots in design history, but they feel incredibly fresh right now because people are craving warmth and texture after years of stark minimalism,’ she tells Homes & Gardens.

Across everything – from table and chair covers to bed frames – that maximalist Paris flea market feeling is completely apparent. Even the most cookie-cutter couch takes on something new, or maybe something older still: a sense of history, a sense of soul, and the sense that you may have just brought in one of Hollywood’s top interior designers to source it.

Ahead, a few of our favorite pieces from this characterful cover collab.

Patterns abound in this collection, but even so, ‘as a maximalist, I say layer freely,’ notes Francesca. Adding one of the collection’s chenille jacquard slipcovers to, say, an IKEA Hyltarp sofa already reads more bespoke than the bland white it came with, but according to her, it’s what comes next that makes it personal.

‘The slipcover is your foundation, but bespoke is all in the layering around it,’ she notes. ‘An intentionally draped throw, mismatched cushions in contrasting fabrics, a personal object or two nearby. The more considered the details, the more the slipcover reads as a design choice rather than a practical one.’

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