Last night we were out looking at new living room furniture and we saw a
lot of this "microfiber" material. If you don't know what it is, its
kinda like a velour or leather. We liked a lot of what we saw but we
were worried about what the cats claws would do to it. We currently
have fabric furniture and although the cats puncture it with their claws
from jumping or running, the puncture holes don't show because it is
fabric. Has anyone had any experience with the microfiber furniture?
After looking at it, I just got the feeling that the puncture holes from
their claws just wouldn't close completely and the furniture would end
up looking terrible in a couple years.
LVIII
-L. : - 17 Sep 2004 07:11 GMT
> Last night we were out looking at new living room furniture and we saw a
> lot of this "microfiber" material. If you don't know what it is, its
> kinda like a velour or leather. We liked a lot of what we saw but we
> were worried about what the cats claws would do to it.
The claws aren't the issue - the hair is. Microfiber collects hair
and it immediately gets weaved into the fabric - it is IMPOSSIBLE to
clean the hair off of the furniture.
If I were you, I'd skip it. Microfiber is a ad, bad idea for anyone
with pets.
-L.
Sunflower - 17 Sep 2004 13:58 GMT
> Last night we were out looking at new living room furniture and we saw a
> lot of this "microfiber" material. If you don't know what it is, its
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> LVIII
Consider leather. None of my cats has ever tried to scratch on it, and if
you get the "gently distressed" look in the first place, the couple of
little scrapes from them jumping up on the couch will blend right in and add
to the patina. It wears like iron too. If you're at all concerned about
too much of the distressed look, then regular clipping of the toenails will
minimize that very well.