I have no clue what the fabric is, (shee might know, we have the same one), but it is very soft. Very.

It's a maroon background with light gold paisley. I'm very picky about material though, because in the summer some fabric materials are just to "hot" to sit on, and they gather dog hair if the material is on the coarse side.

I'm not keen on micro-fiber sofas. Things stick to them and I've seen people return the sofas because they just didn't feel right.

White twill slipcovers over leather. Love.

I don't know the fabric content but mine's a woven fabric. Kind of has a fine burlap look but it's very soft. I'm guessing it's a polyester fabric. It wears well and feels good. The grandpuppy loves to dry her ears on it after a bath. BUT I envy everyone's buttery soft leather sofas. My DH just doesn't care for leather. I compromised with one leather chair since he rarely asks for any input into furnishings. So I like my sofa but I turn a little green myself when I see some of your gorgeous leather sofas.

I have an "L" sectional. The fabric is some sort of Chenille - light tan/beige.
The sectional came with 3 pillows in a similar color, they are different fabric and they have a 'beige on beige circle pattern. I bought 3 brown pillows last fall (Kohls, $15 each) and recently I added 3 green pillows for the summer (walmart, $6 each) and placed a green base with colorful flowers ($$$) :) and a green candle (pottery barn)
I like it!

I can not post a pic now, I'll try to do that tomorrow - I was going to that anyway, I posted my sectional here and I received good advice.
By the way, I read your sneaker/recliner post but I did not comment.
I would not place a recliner in my living/great room. Just a personal prference.

My answer was going to be "dirty kids", but I guess you want a serious answer.

I have a microfiber section with doe-brown (light) upholstery. We have had it for 3 years with 2 boys (bought when youngest was 18 months old), dozens of the boys' friends, and no pets. (I can't speak to pet hair. I have enough living, mess-makers in my house.)

I specifically asked the salesman if I could remove the cushion covers and wash them. (I used to unzip the seat cushions of my old sofa and stick them in the washing machine.) I was told that the fabric was machine washable but the bindings were not. However, I am able to clean the sofa with a steam cleaner. Drool marks can be spot cleaned easily.

I do not like how some of the brushed microfiber fabrics leave tush marks. My sofa has a quilted grid on the seat cushions which prevents tush marks. There's nothing like getting up and feeling like you were used as a human stamp.

Do I love it? I would love it more if my boys would keep the cushions on the loose-back sofa and not on the floor. It suits our lifestyle for now, and I am happy with it.

Pictures? Ha! I'm not posting a picture of the ugliest room in my house!

Shopping for furniture is sooo mind numbing!!! Measurements, colors, fabrics, style, and let's not forget $$$! Plus if you make one wrong decision your stuck with it-ugh!

I, too, love the look of rich leather but living in the Northeast where we have winter for 8 months, I like the soft texture of fabric. Leather and twill sounds fabulous though, lucky dog!

In the showroom all of it looks divine and I'm thankful I can be a bit anal about major purchases. My first sofa set I bought to match to the cat hair! After dealing with a white cat and black pants, we got a black dog. Dealing with black shedding dog, led us to a non-shedding dog....yada yada. So I will bring a black fur ball with me to try on the microfiber to see how it cleans up, since some have said it seems to attract pet hair and is hard to keep off.

Butt prints? Hmmm- I did not think about that!!! You guys are right though, I don't need to be seeing mine anywhere! I'm sure a higher quality microfiber would be less likely to meld to my gluteus, BUTT certainly a strike against micro! That's why I love GW, good solid info and advice, salespeople never bring up butt prints.

Spitfire-dirty boys exactly! I'd like to think now that mine are a bit older we may be past the need for the iron clad microfiber but my youngest is a cross between Pigpen and Dennis the menace! Today I saw him come out of the bathroom carrying the sofa throw pillow all wet on one side- "Cleaning it up," he said,"got some pancake syrup on it!" Huh? New sectional? I must be crazy. Already seeing the glass/sectional half empty/stained!

Martha- please do post, shopping for a sectional is alot of work and you should show it off. Notice I did say "hidden" about the recliners. They really do have some beautiful recliners now and some of the leather ones are gorgeous,but in the end my floor plan dictated large sectional. As long as they can be concealed I'll compromise and let my guys have them.

Sometimes I place the pillows in a random way and sometimes I go Symmetrical

Nice choice Martha! Very soothing and sophisticated at the same time. What size did you end up with and do you have any advice you want to throw out regarding sectionals?

What's on your sofa?

Sorry...couldn't resist! Riley is on my sofa and the first thing I thought of when I saw your thread title.

This sofa is heavy cotton and has held up well for over 7 years.

Newhome- :-) Riley looks stunning and quite at home!

Blanket that hides a stain on the back of the sofa.
A couple of pillows.
Blanket to protect the cushions from excessive dog drool.
A dog.
Sometimes there is more than one dog.

Meghane LOL! Real life decorating- Pets,kids,stains, and butt prints! Gotta love it!

Hiya. Yep Oakley and I have the same one!

Why - I love the look of ours and that's why we bought it.

Color - Red with gold and green paisley design

Fabric - Chenille? No. It's your typical upholstered fabric. It's not microfiber and I wouldn't never own that because of cat fur sticking to it.

Love? Hate? - I really like the appearance but I probably should've given quality more of a thought. I don't like that my cushions aren't flippable. There's velcro on the bottom. My Mom always rotated/flipped out cushions growing up and I really think it made a difference. We also never had a problem with the cushions remaining against the back of the sofa or loveseat. So IMO the velcro is a money racket deal. My cats are all over it but I don't think the hair really sticks to it. I do run the one sweeper attachement over it regularly.

Picture - Here ya go!

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I didn't like anything I saw in the stores. Nothing. If I did like them they had the pillows for back and I could just see that being a nightmare! If I wouldn't of found this one I would've went with something brown/tan neutral.

*wouldn't ever*

We recently purchased a Clayton Marcus smaller sectional because that was the best fit for our room. We had competing focal points and a particular area it had to fit in. Our sectional is 94" x 94" and we chose a traditional style with a straight bottom, turned legs and rolled arms. Ours is covered in a deep smoky navy blue chenille and I have to say that I absolutely love the fabric and color. We have one pug and two cats and the animal hair is easily removed. I use my Pledge pet hair roller for quick touch-ups and vacuum it as needed.
The last sofa we had was a red microfiber and pet hair stuck to it like a darn magnet. Honestly, between the "cheek" marks and pet hair it drove me to distraction.

One pre-requisite my DH had was "no brown", which was okay with me LOL. I chose the blue because I kept being drawn to the blue fabric and how I envisioned it would look in our room with the wall color and accessories. Our wall is "Beeswax" by Behr and our accessories are a mix of earthy and muted colors. We use deep red, olivey green, gold, beige, navy and black as accents. If we decided to change the wall color down the road I would choose a neutral and the blue would definitely go.

I'll post pics later if you'd like.

Very nice Mrs.Marv! I have been following your ottoman saga ~just showed my son last night your beautiful work :)~ and have that idea filed away for when I need my own ottoman especially if I can't find something I like. Did you at one time actually post step by step instructions?

I really do think I may rule out micro that is the third mention of "cheek" marks. Also every micro I've seen does seem to stretch out and smoothing out cushions would so irritate me!

The color choice is also fabulous, great to see a step out from the same old, same old.

We have 3 sets of sofa/loveseat combos. All of them are in a chenille type fabric and sorta sage green tweedy pattern. Though similar in color they're distictly different and they are wonderful about being durable and not showing pet fur and resisting marks from "stuff" an active 2½ yr old grandson can manage to deposit on them.

I vote for a chenille type fabric.

Ours is some chenille-type fabric. We looked for a smaller sofa that was comfy, would hold up to the cats and kids, and I would say it fits the bill. I wanted green, DH didn't, so we compromised on a maroon-ish color that has some orange to it. Nothing really shows up on it (not even cat hair) except milk stains.

I had white twill slipcovers on one summer because the slipcovered look is my absolute favorite. However, I did feel like I had to babysit the furniture. Unless I got a very dark twill, I think this would be the case . . .but I think the cat hair would show up a lot more/cling to it with dark twill. Also, while the twill was nice and cool in the summer, I was happy to have the chenille back for the cold weather (and it's the Midwest . . .cold here often!).

I have chenille on my sofa in our downstairs sitting room and I love it,

Our living room sofas are leather, which I love, but the hearth room sofa & loveseat are microfiber. While we haven't experienced the cheek prints that some mentioned, we do have a problem with static. Every time I get off that sofa, I have to touch something wood or stone before I can safely touch metal or else I get zapped. Dh doesn't have that problem, and he loves how comfortable the sofa is for napping. Because of his allergies, whenever we can replace that furniture the new sofa or sectional will be leather.

I agree about the chenille being very cozy and comfortable, especially here in the NE. One thing I did find with microfiber is that in the summer months it sort of "stuck" to us if we were wearing shorts and our legs were exposed. We do have central air, but if we weren't using it the fabric becamse "clingy".
We love the chenille. It fits the bill in all aspects.