Leather versus fabric chairs

We have a leather sofa and I cant wait for it to wear out - cold in the winter and hot in summer and difficult to snuggle into. I'd stick with the fabric one.

Our cloth sofa hasn't bobbled, and we've had it a few years now. Think you should press for your money back.

We have two leather armchairs, and we are happy with them. One took a while to get "sinky' but it's fine now. Grandsons helped with that. Leather is good inasmuch as you can give it a wipe with a damp cloth, so long as you dry it immediately.

I like a room to have both cloth and leather in it. Never leather alone.

Lucky I am fairly certain that, as the sofa isn't "fit for purpose", you are entitled to a refund. If they refuse, then perhaps you should contact Trading Standards - or at least threaten them with that! - who are very good at advising. Six months worth of use is seriously "not fit for purpose"!!! Good luck

Leather is definately a matter of personal taste I think. I sort of don't mind it in cars and in a library if I had one.

If I could just get my ar sit-upon out of this leather armchair and get something done, things might improve round here.

Any armchair will do me at the moment.

Bobbled? - we have had ours years and all is well. I do put throws over them because they are cream and it stops the GC totally wrecking it, but there are still large areas exposed and there has been no problem at all.

I don't understand the bobbling problem either. I've always had fabric covered sofas and that's never happened.

We have a cream leather chair, which looks good with other fabric chairs, sofas, but nobody ever sits on it! Fabric is more inviting.None of our fabric has bobbled.

Check the composition of the fabric - if it's wool/ linen/ cashmere/ cotton or a mix of those fibres it should be hard wearing and if good quality shouldn't bobble. If largely synthetic it will never look as good or wear well. I had leather sofas in the past when I had kids at home but have replaced them with textile covered sofas which look lovely and are much more comfortable. I do put throws over them when the GC visit, and when OH sits down after a day in his shed if he hasn't changed.

We have leather sofas, had them for about 8 years. They are so comfy, and never feel cold in winter or warm in summer. I think it might be to do with the treatment of some leather. Ours is almost untreated, a very natural finish - even with marks where the animal would have scratched against a tree . I can't stand the look or feel of a lot of leather furniture which is shiny and smooth, and looks almost like vinyl

I would definitely push for a refund. We always had fabric covered furniture before these leather ones and we never, ever, had a problem with bobbling. It is absolutely a case of the fabric they've used being not fit for purpose.

I've had both leather and fabric and I do find the leather uncomfortanle even though it was good quality , too cold in Winter and sticky in Summer. Never had the bobbling problem with fabric ones either. Maybe a different fabric would wear better if you go for an exchange.

I was very against leather until the S.O. bought a leather sofa from John Lewis; it's quite a thin, soft leather and I thought it wouldn't wear very well but it has. It warms up very quickly when you sit on it. I have been looking at sofas with a view to replacing mine and I've realised that a lot of fabric ones are very itchy to sit on so I'm going to be very careful when I choose a new one. Worried about the dog jumping onto a leather sofa and scratching it [she has very long claws and won't let me clip them]. Maybe you could ask for a leather replacement free of charge and threaten bad publicity if they won't?

I have an ancient leather suite I got from my Grandmother , so really old , maybe 100 yrs , but It was recovered in good quality leather about 30 years ago , it was the most comfortable seat when I had sore stitches after babies and my DIL found the same . We have Fabric covered chairs too but none have bobbled !!

I would go for good quality fabric but then I don't particularly like the feel of leather seating or the one leather coat I had C 1965.

If you are thinking of leather, be sure to test before you buy - my neighbour has a leather sofa and it's like a whoopee cushion!

We've never had fabric bobble on the furniture either. Six months use? That's it??

I don't like leather either although a friend has a leather sofa that is quite comfortable. But then, she has white carpet and 2 small children, so I can only assume she's nuts.

Here in the subtropics, leather chairs are awful, but people still buy them. We always have fabric: the lounge suite is 28 years old and the fabric is still OK. No bobbling at all.

I had a small leather sofa(bed) that we bought for the dinning room.

We thought the bed part would come in handy for overnight guests , (it was never used) and my mum can't make the stairs up to my lounge which is on the first floor. It looked very nice and was of excellent quality (M&S) however I hated the stark look of the dark brown leather, the way cushions slid off, the heat in the summer and the cold in the winter. Couldn't wait to get rid sell it on Gumtree.

Now replaced with a lovely cream and pale blue checked (think coastal) one from Next. I use throws when the children are around as I would really rather it stayed cream and pale blue. I have only had it for 4 weeks so can't comment on any bobbling although the woven fabric doesn't appear to be the bobbling type.

Perhaps you should accept the replacement Luckylegs9 with the agreement that if it happens again they will refund/replace for a different fabric all together.

I like Next stuff. The armchairs in there look lovely. DD has a sideboard of theirs. Very nice it is too.

I don't think you can bank on Marks and Sparks' furniture being good quality tbh.

No way should the cushions have slipped off!

Sorry I should have made it clearer. I meant it was the scatter cushions that slipped off jings not the main seat cushions.

DH has a Next Sherlock chair in his computer room, music room, den, mancave. Its is beautifully comfortable.

I've never had leather chairs or sofas, always preferring fabric. The first suite we bought as newly weds came from Remploy who employ sufferers of mental health problems. The latest is a corner group in burgundy cord fabric. I've never had smooth fabric, so no problem with pilling.

We have a leather sofa and chair and fabric ikea chairs that you can buy replacement covers for. All are years old and doing well. I can't count the number of spillages etc. that have been simply wiped up! We have laminate floors downstairs for the same reason.
Can't abide houses where you can't even have a cuppa without fear of a drip on precious furniture.