We are in the process of buying a new sofa at the moment, and are very tempted by a pale cream coloured fabric. However, we have never had such a light coloured piece of furniture and are concerned about the practicality of keeping it clean (heart says go for the cream, head says go for something darker for practicality).
We plan to get it with removable covers, so that they can be dry cleaned, but this probably makes a finish such as Scothgard not worth the extra expense (I believe that the first time the fabric passes through the dry cleaners you lose the Scotchgard finish - am I right in believing that?). Even with removable covers, we obviously don't want to have to get it cleaned every few weeks.
We don't have kids, and the sofa would get light to moderate use. The material we are looking at is a commercial grade (75,000 rubs) although I can't see that that would have much impact on its resistance to picking up dirt.
It would be helpful to know whether anyone that has had a pale-coloured sofa themselves found it very difficult to keep clean - can anyone comment from their own experiences?
Thanks.
We plan to get it with removable covers, so that they can be dry cleaned, but this probably makes a finish such as Scothgard not worth the extra expense (I believe that the first time the fabric passes through the dry cleaners you lose the Scotchgard finish - am I right in believing that?). Even with removable covers, we obviously don't want to have to get it cleaned every few weeks.
We don't have kids, and the sofa would get light to moderate use. The material we are looking at is a commercial grade (75,000 rubs) although I can't see that that would have much impact on its resistance to picking up dirt.
It would be helpful to know whether anyone that has had a pale-coloured sofa themselves found it very difficult to keep clean - can anyone comment from their own experiences?
Thanks.