17" x 18" Outdoor Cushions – Custom Made to Your Exact Size

Cut to your measurements — width, depth, and thickness — not to a stock chart. Factory-direct, no minimums.

17 x 18 outdoor cushions — rectangular replacement pads for compact patio chairs

Start with your shape

Not sure? Pick the closest — every measurement is confirmed before we cut.

Don't see your shape? We make any shape.

Trace your old cushion on paper, photograph it next to a tape measure, and email it to us — a Custom Template order is routine work here.

Enter your measurements

Measure the old cushion flat, edge to edge — never the frame.

Units in — decimals (23.5) or fractions (23 1/2)

Foam density How to choose density →

Your cushion drawing appears here as you type.

Choose your fabric

Six families, 119 cuts, one flat rate — pick by look and feel. Click a family to see its swatches below, or its for what the fabric is and where it works best.

Use:
Pattern:

All covers sewn to your exact dimensions — no stock sizes, no zippers (sewn envelope closure).

Review & order

Calculated live from your measurements — every line, no surprises.

Price breakdown

Estimates only — we re-verify every dimension before cutting and will contact you if anything looks off. Prefer email? Email me this quote

Your cushion

Your configuration

Factory Direct

Source workshop, no middlemen

119 Fabrics

Free swatch program

±½″ Tolerance

Cut to your exact measurements

Remake Free

If we cut it wrong, remade free

Build Your 17 x 18 Cushion

Seventeen by eighteen is a true odd-size — the footprint of smaller dining chairs, balcony sets, and children’s outdoor seating that no stock program bothers to carry. Odd sizes are where custom cutting earns its keep: your frame exists, it measures what it measures, and we cut to that number instead of the nearest bin.

We cut every 17 x 18 outdoor cushion to the measurements you send — width, depth, thickness — sewn to the quarter inch. Thickness for small dining frames runs 2.5″–3″; a 4″ pad can lift a small chair awkwardly high. Fabric tiers run Tech Fabric, our waterproof, wipe-clean leather-like weave — the outdoor workhorse; Cotton Linen, a durable everyday weave for covered porches and indoors; and Premium Velvet, plush claw-resistant velvet for indoor luxury.

Pricing — estimated starting at

Fabric tierEstimated price*
Cotton Linen$80
Tech Fabric$94
Premium Velvet$112

*One cushion, 17 × 18 in. (2.12 sq ft top surface): $39 make-base + 2.12 sq ft × fabric rate ($19.0/sq ft, $25.5/sq ft, $34.0/sq ft). Thickness, foam density, and the sewn closure is confirmed at checkout — and every dimension is confirmed with you before we cut.

For comparison: U.S. custom-configurator specialists’ 2026 listings for made-to-order cushions in common sizes (16×16 through 24×24) run roughly $71–$119 before shipping — and most only reveal that price after a quote request. We publish the formula above so you can check the math before you order.

Fits these furniture series

SeriesPiecePartFactory size (W × D × T)
Charlottetown (Martha Stewart)Dining ChairSeat18.25 × 18.25 × 3.75 in.

Close but not exact? That is the everyday case at this size — send your measured numbers and we cut to them; nothing in this library gets rounded to fit a bin.

Yours differs? That’s the point — we cut to your numbers.

Measuring tips for a 17 x 18

Axroma Canvas - Gray
  • Old cushion flat on a table: width edge to edge, depth front to back, thickness seam to seam — never squeezed.
  • No old cushion? Measure the seat deck between the frame rails and arms, and send the raw numbers rather than rounding.
  • Photograph the label under the frame first — a model number can match you to a documented series chart in seconds.

Full walkthrough with photos: How to Measure (and Identify) Your Cushions.

Fabrics that suit a 17 x 18

At 17 x 18, the fabric should follow where the chair lives rather than the price tag. Open patios and poolside: Tech Fabric, our waterproof, wipe-clean weave that takes a season of sun and spilled drinks. Covered porches and three-season rooms: Cotton Linen, the breathable everyday weave. Indoor breakfast nooks: Premium Velvet if the household includes cats. Every tier sews to the same measurements — the tier changes the price, never the fit — and the full tier-by-tier comparison lives in the outdoor fabric guide.

From the 119-fabric swatch library — free samples ship with every quote.

Axroma Canvas - Gray

The honest case for odd sizes

Foam thickness for a 17 x 18

Thickness on a 17 x 18 seat is a height decision before it is a comfort decision: the chairs that take this footprint — compact dining chairs, balcony folding sets, kids’ patio seating — were designed around a 2.5–3 inch pad, and every inch above that lifts the sitter toward the table edge. Order 2.5 inches where knee clearance is tight, 3 where the frame sits low or the family lingers at dinner. A 4 inch pad on a small frame reads as upholstery, not seating.

Density is the lifespan half of the same choice. We cut four grades, 35D through 65D: 35D is the honest spec for occasional patio dining, 50D is the daily-family standard that keeps its front edge for seasons, and 60–65D belongs to mattress and commercial duty rather than a chair this size. The foam tier is confirmed with your dimensions before anything is cut.

Nobody chooses a 17 × 18 frame; the frame is inherited, gifted, or bought in a year when the factory felt like it. The size exists because furniture production never standardized — different factories, different countries, different decades, each cutting seats to the frames they happened to build — and the retail bin system that grew alongside it only ever stocked the middle of the resulting spread. Sizes like this one fell in the gap on purpose: too few owners per size to stock, too many owners in total to serve.

Made-to-order closes the gap by not trying to stock it. Your 17 × 18 is not an unusual order here — it is a Tuesday: the form takes the numbers, the formula prices the area, and the factory cuts to the entry. The only special thing about an odd size is that it cannot be approximated: a 17 × 18 deck given an 18 × 18 pad overhangs both rails, and given a 16 × 17 it gaps at every edge. Odd sizes are where measuring stops being advice and becomes the whole product.

Neighbors: 17 x 17 and 18 x 18

The even squares on either side are the stock world’s nearest offers, and both are wrong for this frame — that is the point. An 18 × 18 pad overhangs the depth rail by an inch; a 17 × 17 leaves an inch of gap at the front edge where debris collects and the pad shifts. The middle sizes exist because factories built them; they persist because furniture outlives its parts channel by decades. If your tape says 17.5 × 18 or 17 × 18.25, that is the order — same formula, same quarter-inch tolerance.

A draw from the 119-fabric swatch library — free samples ship with every quote.

Frequently asked questions

Yes — no minimums, ever. One cushion or a set of six, each cut to the same exact numbers.
The old cushion if you have it, flat and edge to edge. If not, measure the seat deck between the frame rails and send the raw numbers — don’t round.
No. Everything here is cut to order, so 17 x 18 costs the same formula price as any rectangle its size.
Yes — order by quantity and every piece is cut from the same fabric run, so the dye lots match chair to chair. Sets are the normal case at this size, since compact dining frames rarely travel alone; head chairs that measure an inch wider get their own line item in the same order.
No — density is a foam grade, not a minimum size. A 17 x 18 pad in 50D holds adult weight for years where a low-density pad dishes within a season; small seats simply need the height logic respected first (2.5–3 inches), then the density chosen for how often the chair is used.
Not here — odd rectangles are steady work at a custom shop, because the frames that take them were mass-produced even if their pads never were. Unusual would be expecting a bin to hold it: the retail system stocks the middle of the size spread, and 17 × 18 lives at the edge by design.

Made by the factory that ships them

Custom 17 x 18 cushions from $80 — quote in 4 steps.

Ready when you are. Enter your measurements, pick a fabric tier and your finishing — every dimension comes back to you for confirmation before we cut. One cushion or a whole set, from the factory that ships them. Cut to within ½ inch of your confirmed numbers — outside tolerance, remade free.

Related pages

Further reading from the blog