I have a leather sofa now and would be happy if I could find a love seat or chair to match. Leather does hold up well with dogs. My husband swears that they look for him to wipe thier mouthes on when they drink water. Some hits the sofa and no spots ever show. You do see wear from their claws but I call it character. I guess I should condition it and find a match. Good luck with our decision. Melinda

I just replied to your other post on this topic but thought I'd comment on the sleeper issue as well. One of our sofas has the sleeper, one does not. I actually prefer the sleeper sofa. It is firmer, but it is still comfortable. Both have held up equally well over the past 9 years. They look the same (are in the same room) and there is no noticeable difference in the cushions after years of wear. If you need the sleeper, I would go ahead and get it. The only thing I don't like about it is that the slipcover skirt sometimes hangs down along the front of the sleeper sofa. This could probably be fixed with a couple pins, but I'm to lazy to figure that out. I just periodically tuck it back in. HTH

I don't have that sofa, but I have one that's similar from Calico Corners that I've been happy with. When I was shopping for furniture, I felt that Calico Corners offered good quality (American made, eight way hand tied, etc.) for the price.

When I refreshed my living room I purchased a lift top table because DH sits on the sofa. When he wanted to play games on the computer he would sit on the floor and use the sofa as a back rest. I saw a Paula Dean table at a local furniture store that wasn't bad looking (it actually looked quite nice in the store). I bought it and DH was thrilled. It brings the table top right up to his height. I have two major issues with it. First, it looked fine in the store but at home it looks like a big, dark, decorative cube sitting in the middle of my room. It weights the room down. The second issue is we have a two cushion sofa and DH refuses to sit directly on one of the cushions and move his laptop over. He now sits right on the division between the two cushions which is causing a down trodden look to a three year old sofa. I would rate the table as a ten functionally but a one aesthetically. If you can find one that isn't enclosed it will look so much better but you will lose the storage function.