Fabric choice

[GlennR]

Our leather seating needs to be replaced as it is covered in scratches and the frame from Willow over the years. I am wondering what fabric I should use. Perhaps I should use leather that starts with a color or pattern that doesn't show scratches up that easily. Microfiber seems popular and is less expensive but I've never used it before.

Anyone with experience with avoiding scratches?

 

[woof]

We have a sheep skin cover over our leather couch for that very reason.

 

[Sharon7]

I have a fabric couch with a throw on blanket for the dogs. It does not show scratches at all even if they miss the blanket. I kind of prefer the feel to leather since it's not cold.

 

[Ann]

I like the microfiber because it cleans easily and dries fast but, like Sharon, I have lightweight polar fleece throws over my couches. So easy to take off, throw in the washer and keeps the furniture cleaner.

 

[Piper's mom]

I’m thankful that over the years we’ve never taught the dogs to look out the window! Lol
The only dog that is entitled enough to go on the couch is Blueberry…our fabric of choice is a baby gate (it’s actually 2 panels from the puppy pen) that we keep in front of the couch .
But I know if they really wanted to look out the window (which fortunately they could care less) it wouldn’t stop them! Lol

 

[Ron Atkinson]

We have our living room furniture covered in jean material. We like the color and feel of the couch and it wears like iron. We do use micro fleece throws on top so the pets can nap comfortably.

 

[Sandy in CT]

Our family room furniture is microfiber and while I was initially quite concerned... it's been awesome! Bonus us that cats don't seem to care for it so while they lay on it, not destruction.

We do have 2 leather chairs in the family room - the one closest to the window where Brodie does most of his Neighborhood Watch duty was quite scratched up. I bought Shabeibei Leather Recoloring off Amazon which covered everything up really nicely, it looked horrid going on, you use very little of it I discovered and lots of elbow grease to get it to move around. I let it dry for a long time, then eventually I will get around to using some type of moisturizer.

Our leather couch in the living room is Deacon's favorite spot to sneak off to for a nap. It, too, has some scratches but have not addressed yet. I did buy some tacky fake microfiber slip-on cushion covers but remove them when we know we have company coming.