What Furniture Fabric Is Best For A Home With Pets?

Are you searching for a way to have nice furniture while still being able to snuggle with your favorite little fur baby? Does your old couch have that very distinct ‘dog smell’? Is your couch frequently at the mercy of a rainy day thanks to your dog’s muddy paws?

While there’s no real way to have furniture that is weatherproof from the animals and the elements, there are a few furniture fabrics that can help alleviate some of the damage that your pets might inflict on your recliner, sofa, loveseat, or sectional.

Furniture Fair has sold all kinds of upholstery throughout the 58 years we’ve been in business, and we want to show you the best fabric to get if your animals enjoy lounging on your furniture beside you.

Read on to learn about the best stain-resistant fabrics for a household with a furball or two.

When it comes to animals and furniture, the number one way to keep your furniture free from animal shedding and smudges is to not let them on the couch.

Not letting your little fluffy friends cuddle beside you while you binge your favorite streaming service may sound harsh, but if you want your couch to remain pristine for longer, the best way to ensure that is to keep them at bay.

However, if you don’t have the heart to keep pets off the furniture, there are some upholstery options that you could look into that will clean up easier than standard fabrics.

These are the top performance fabrics that we recommend at Furniture Fair to keep pet-related stains to a minimum.

Alright, if you are still reading this, then clearly your pet is comfy on your furniture and you like it that way. In order to keep both your couch and your dog or cat happy, here are Furniture Fair’s top 5 performance fabric upholstery recommendations and the brands that carry them.

Revolution Performance Fabric is manufactured by Specialty Textiles Incorporated and was one of the first PFC chemical-free performance fabric on the market. Revolution is the only chemical-free performance fabric still being made within the United States.

Revolution is perfect for families who want a beautiful, stain-resistant fabric without an extravagant price tag. Revolution is perfect for pets, due to the easy-to-clean materials woven into each textile pattern, and will help keep your couch, sofa, or armchair looking good longer.

Revolution is available at Furniture Fair with the Hickorycraft brand as well as Best Home Furnishings and Fusion in a wide range of fabric choices.

If you love having your animals snuggle on the couch with you, Revolution fabrics can help make your quality furball time less likely to stain your nice furniture.

If you want your sofa, chair, or sectional to have stain and liquid resistance, as well as affordable custom designs, OptiCLEAN by Best Home Furnishings, might be the water-resistant solution that you are looking for.

Opti Clean is a performance fabric system encasing every fiber to ensure cleanability, providing two-level stain protection. At the first level, food and drink spills are repelled and prevented from entering the fabric so stains are easily removed.

Should stains penetrate the fabric's surface or go unnoticed, the second barrier with a releasing property prevents most stains from becoming permanent.

OptiCLEAN fabrics are a great way to provide peace of mind and keep your Best Home furniture looking good.

LiveSmart is a type of polyester and polyester blend performance fabric used for seating in residential, hospitality, and office complexes.

The fabric comes in woven textures, knits, woven velvets, and printed designs and is designed to be stylish, stain-resistant, and moisture repellant.

According to the company website, LiveSmart fabrics are produced exclusively with low denier performance yarns that are encapsulated with a stain and moisture repellant finish. Spills bead up on the surface rather than penetrating into the fabric and the cushion.

If you are worried about moisture, mud, or other liquids potentially getting on your sofa, loveseat, or sectional, LiveSmart fabric is a way to help ensure that your furniture is protected against easy stains.

LiveSmart fabric is available on many custom brands including Hickorycraft, England, and Smith Brothers, and comes in a wide array of colors, styles, and textures. If you want a bit more choices in your furniture purchasing decision, LiveSmart is a great option to look for.

Crypton wants you to have beautiful, easy-to-clean, odor-free fabric. Stain & spill-resistant to both water and oil-based stains, Crypton also offers the assurance of antimicrobial (& stain-resistant) technology permanently bonded, for the life of the fabric and is the only fabric approved by the EPA to be disinfected.

27 years of innovation and 15 patents add up to thousands of soft, beautiful, durable, and sustainable fabric solutions offered by Crypton for every environment. If peak performance and spill resistance are what you want, Crypton Fabrics may be right for you.

Crypton fabrics are available on the Mega Motion and Hickorycraft brands of furniture and are available in a wide variety of colors, styles, and textures.

Smith Brothers prides itself in offering the highest quality custom home furnishings, and the fabrics that they use are no different. The Clarity fabric line by Smith Brothers is an easy way for the customer to determine the most durable fabrics that the company offers.

Most Clarity fabric is made from polyester or polypropylene, making the materials resistant to stains and easy to clean. While not indestructible, if properly cared for, Clarity fabrics will keep your couch or sectional looking fresh and stylish.

Smith Brothers maintains a high level of quality control throughout all processes of furniture production and provides a product that is built to last and hold up to daily use by you or your pet.

Now that you know some great options for high-quality performance fabric, you can make that next sofa, sectional, or accent chair purchase knowing that your pet is less likely to accidentally stain it with a muddy paw or two.

Remember that some fabrics are moisture-wicking and stain-resistant, while others only offer stain resistance. Keep in mind that different brands have their own performance fabric while some fabrics are available across multiple brands.

If you are in the market for pet-resistant chairs, couches, loveseats, or sectionals, check out the selection available at Furniture Fair. We have furniture that will give you and your pet a place to relax and have a good time.

Visit us online or at your nearest location in the Cincinnati, Dayton, or Louisville area and get your home ready for your pet to safely enjoy time on the couch with you!