Beautiful recliners! They look soooo comfy, especially with all the kitties on them, if there was only room for me to sneak in.....

Now, to answer your question. We don't have leather anything at home, but the motorhome is all leather. So far there have been no problems at all, even though it's a little hard for Tubby to jump that high. If I see him eyeing up the couch, I just pick him up and put him on it, bypassing the opportunity for those claws to do any damage. I think everyone has good advice on the throws and the squirt bottle. If you do notice that they are starting to use them as scratching posts, they have stuff at PetSmart (forget what it's called) that is like double sided tape that you can put on the chairs. The kitties don't like the feel of it so they stop scratching there.