Need a new sofa - best covering???
Our twenty year old sofa is looking sad and we want to replace it. It is in a room that we do not use often, but the cats use it to look out of the window....
What would you guys recommend?? We are thinking about leather. Our recliners are leather and yes they have scratches from claws, but seem to be holding up well. The cats are pretty good about using their scartching posts, but the furniture still gets plenty of wear from back claws and playing. One saleslady (who owns six cats herself) said she had heard that microfiber was the covering of choice from what she has heard. It is pretty and looks a bit like suede - but only comes in solids.
I like leather but really want something more warm and cozy looking - a plush patterned fabric maybe.
Any comments or suggestions for me???
Microfiber furniture is a good bet!
We moved into the house we bought in May 2005. When we moved in, we had one sofa, chair-and-a-half and a recliner, which was not enough for the many rooms to furnish in this house. So, around Memorial Day, we took advantage of awesome sales, and we bought a nice wine-colored couch and love seat in microfiber fabric. Not too pricey (less expensive than our old set of furniture, but it looks classier and seems to be holding up better), and it seems to be working out just fine. I will say that since it is a darker color, you can see cat hair on it (not the dark brown tabby fur, but the orange fur from Leo and the white fur from Claudia). Most of the time, it easily comes off with a lint roller. :) Good stuff. Beats the heck out of chenille fabric, which is what our older set is made of (the recliner should be reupholstered or covered with a slipcover of some kind - never saw one for a recliner, though - it is in bad shape, because though our cats are usually pretty good, the scratched the heck out of it) - the couch & chair-and-a-half are still good fabric-wise, but fur gets stuck in those like crazy and is much harder to get off of there.
We love microfiber so much that we recently went to Value City Furniture and bought a couch and a loveseat for our 3-season room, which was in desperate need of furtiture other than collapsible tailgating chairs! This time, we bought a nice neutral light beige, and the furniture is just wonderful (and though it looks possibly more expensive & stylish than our other two sets, it's the cheapest furniture set we've bought so far). :) The brown tabby fur from Leila & Bailey shows up on this furniture and Claudia & Leo's fur doesn't, but again, it's easily removed by the lint brush. You can always dress up a solid colored couch with throw pillows in different patterns/fabrics. Microfiber is a great choice!
