A Guide to Measure Your Outdoor Cover for The Perfect Fit
How to Measure Outdoor Cushions?
Follow our detailed measuring guide below to get the perfect sized custom-made cushions for your patio.
Things to Remember
- Measure the furniture seating area instead of the cushion.
- Use a firm tape rather than a flexible one to get the best measurement.
- Round up or round down to the nearest inch for best results.
Types of Cushion Measurements
1. Cushion with the Standard Radius Curve
The radius of the rounded corner is the distance from the inside corner to the point where the curve begins.
- For the most accurate measurement, use a framing square. If it's not available, align two rulers or tape measures so they meet at a right angle.
- Start measuring from the point where the curve begins (Point no 2) and extend it to the inside corner where the two rulers or tape measures meet (Point no 1).
Deep Seating Club Chair/Swivel/Rocker
- Measure the chair’s height from its tallest point to the seat (Point no 1). Round up your results to the nearest half inch.
- Measure the back width by placing a tape measure on the inside edge of one armrest and extending it straight across to the inside edge of the opposite armrest. (Point no 2).
- Measure the seat width by placing a tape measure on the inside edge of one armrest and extending it across to the inside edge of the opposite armrest. (Point no 3).
- Measure the seat depth from the center of the front edge to the point where the seat meets the backrest. Round your result up to the nearest half inch. (Point no 4).
Note: Exclude the thickness of the seat cushion when calculating the height of the chair back.
Sofa
- Measure the height from the tallest point of the backrest to the point where it meets the seat. (Point no 1).
- Measure the back width from the inside edge of one armrest to the inside edge of the opposite armrest. (Point no 2).
- Measure the seat width in the same manner. (Point no 3).
- Measure the seat depth from the center of the front edge to the point where the seat meets the backrest. Round your result up to the nearest half inch. (Point no 4).
Note: Exclude the thickness of the seat cushion when calculating the height of the chair back.
Loveseat
- Measure the height from the tallest point of the backrest to the point where it meets the seat. (Point no 1).
- Measure the back width between the inside edges of the armrests. (Point no 2).
- Measure the seat width in the same way. (Point no 3).
- Measure the seat depth from the front edge to the backrest junction. Round your result up to the nearest half inch. (Point no 4)
Note: Exclude the thickness of the seat cushion when calculating the height of the chair back.
Ottoman
- Measure the seat length by placing the tape measure at the center of the longer edge of the ottoman and extending it straight across to the center of the opposite edge. Round up your result to the nearest half inch. (Point no 1)
- Measure the seat width by placing the tape measure at the outer edge of one leg of the ottoman and extending it straight along the longer side to the outer edge of the opposite leg. Round up your result to the nearest half inch. (Point no 2)
- Choose thickness as per your requirement.
Dining Chair
- Measure the seat width by placing a tape measure on the inside edge of one armrest and extending it across to the inside edge of the opposite armrest. (Point no 1)
- Measure the seat depth by placing a tape measure at the center of the front edge of the seat and extending it straight back to the point where it meets the backrest. Round your measurement up to the nearest half inch. (Point no 2)
- Choose thickness as per your requirement.
Chaise Lounge
- Measure the back height from the tallest point down to the seat hinge. Round your measurement up to the nearest half inch. (Point no 1)
- Measure the back width between the inside edges of the armrests. Round up your measurement to the nearest half inch.
- (Point no 2)
- Measure the seat width in the same way. Round up your measurement to the nearest half inch. (Point no 3)
- Measure the seat depth from the center of the front edge to the point where the seat meets the backrest. Round your measurement up to the nearest half inch. (Point no 4)
Note: We recommend a maximum cushion thickness of 3.5 inches for chaise lounges.
Bench
- Measure the seat width between the inside edges of the armrests. (Point no 1)
- Measure the seat depth from the center of the front edge of the seat to the point where it meets the backrest. Round up your measurement to the nearest half inch. (Point no 2)
45 Sectional Chair
- Measure the upper back width by placing a soft tape measure across the top edge. Round up your measurement to the nearest half inch. (Point no 1)
- Measure the lower back width in the same way across the bottom edge. Round up your measurement to the nearest half inch. (Point no 2)
- Measure the middle height from the center of the lower back width straight up to the upper back. Round up your measurement to the nearest half inch. (Point no 3)
- Measure the seat depth from the center of the seat to the center of the lower back width. Round up your measurement to the nearest half inch. (Point no 4)
- Measure the center edge of the seat from one corner to the other. Round up your measurement to the nearest half inch. (Point no 5)
- Measure both diagonal seat edges from each end of the center edge (Point no. 5) to the corresponding lower back edge. Round up your measurement to the nearest half inch. (Point no 6)
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