Children and Choices?

do_it_today!

Hi All,
I am seeking advice on choice of sofa.... we are planning for children and a sofa will probably arrive first....

Which is more practical leather or fixed cloth? has anyone managed to maintain a leather sofa successfully?

your thoughts please :T

lemontart

Bit confused,are children visiting or are you hoping to have a family one day and want to invest in a sofa that will last throughout their child hood........your own children that is...........if the latter buy a cheap one then once they are past the sticky hands and crayons stage ............well actually when they have flown the nest and are no longer puting there mucky shoes over it, spilling there drinks on it then get a decent one...........alternatively put throws over them or get one with loose covers that can be washed.

Beth
xx

alwaysonthego_2

I have two very young children and find a leather sofa very practical. It is easy to keep clean and more hygenic.

quietheart

We went for leather as I was washing the cloth covers ALL the time. The leather has got scratched by the kids but it adds to it's character, it's 3 years old now and looks better than it did when we bought it. Go for it!

lisa_75

Leather. Very easy to keep clean. Especially if you have children and/or pets.

notakid

If you go for leather go for the cheaper leather slightly shiny. Its brilliant for wiping off stains. I had one of those for years and it looked brand new when I got rid of it. The new one we brought was top quality leather (cost 1000.00s) and it has a matt finish which really really shows up the stains!

So moral of story def go for leather but go for the cheap leather!

do_it_today!

Great thank you for your responses yes we are planning on having children - I keep seeing lots of lovely cream sofa's I wonder those with leather sofa's - do you live with light or dark coloured sofa's?

also is it possible to remove biro pen marks from sofa's?

Becles

Don't get a cream fabric sofa which only has removable cushion covers. For some reason I bought one when I was expecting my eldest.

It's ends up filthy really quickly and it's a chore to clean as the arms are fixed and padded, so you can't put them in the washer. The seat and back cushion covers have been off and washed so many times that they are all out of shape now, so the sofa looks wiggly if you know what I mean!

It's 10 year old now and it's a right mess. We're saving and looking to buy a leather one on the January sales.

With another baby on the way, I'm certainly going to get a chocolate brown leather one so any spills and stains are easily wiped off!

Prudent

After having a cream fabric sofa like Beccles, I learnt the same lessons. Then I went for a dark red one and it shows all the cat hairs

Penny_Watcher

^^ Fat Bob when she was a pup and Black Dog after a muddy walk ^^

Brown leather sofa's are the BEST! 2 mucky dogs, 1 footballing son, 1 mountain biking husband, 1 pony mad daughter and clean little me can all pile on at the same time and it only takes a rub down with a damp cloth to get it back to clean.

Rachie_B

I agree :T

we have had a choc brown leather sofa for about 18 months now ( 2 kids aged 10 & 4)

its fab ,just wipe all the muck off :rotfl:

dont do what my sister did and buy cream leather with 2 small kids :rolleyes: :rotfl:

she has ended up placing choc brown throws on it :rotfl: