When we decided to buy leather furniture for our LR about 5 yrs ago. I went to a specialty leather shop in town, purchased the nicest thick/heavy buttery smooth leather. (Reminded me of the Coach bags of back in the day) Loved it. Was able to purchase exactly the size sofa and club chairs I wanted. Custom. I also purchased two leather chairs for my office as well. Let's just say, that the furniture for the most part is pretty torn up, and in other places like my office chairs, have been completely shredded down to the stuffing in places. UGH We tried squirt water bottles, aluminum foil, just about every remedy we heard about, to no avail. They did work while we were home, but I am thinking that my gang must have invited all of the cats in the county over each day to run wild on our furniture. Not wanting to lay out the money at the moment to replace all of the custom leather, I am trying to convince myself that the marks on my once beautiful leather LR furniture just gives it "character" lol. The reality is that it really needs to be replaced. When I do, it will not be with leather, as the cats are not going anywhere:0). Have to say it was very naive to expect that they wouldn't scratch the leather. I thought because they hadn't scratched my tapestry sofa, they wouldn't do anything to the leather. Wrong. One office chair has recently gone to the end of my drive for pickup on heavy trash day as I found a poang (sp) Ikea chair and ottoman at a local yard sale. $10 and was brand-spanking new. No one ever sat in the chair. The cats don't bother with scratching the Ikea chair, rather they prefer the pull the leather gives their claws! My DM, bless her heart, held her tongue when DH & I very excitedly announced our very expensive splurge for our LR. Now, I hear, "I knew that was never a good idea". How I wish she would have tried to dissuade me back when I was thinking about leather. Oh, yes, we have 4 cats, 3 indoor/outdoor and 1 indoor only. They have every toy known to God and Man and also 4 scratching posts strategically placed to distract them from the leather? The indoor cat is a Maine Coon and his claws are like talons so you can imagine how nice that looks. I don't think there is anymore leather in our future. Now, the three dogs never made a mark that couldn't be buffed out? Go figure. So, no I would not recommend leather furniture unless your cats no longer have their claws.

Selling the cat seems to be the most cost effective plan. If it’s just the cover that’s an issue, then invest in a slipcover. You say its comfortable, and I think I understood that you like it? Unless there’s a different reason, I’d just have a slipcover made. I don’t understand why you think your cat won’t go after the new cover, though.

Hi I have thePB Comfort sectional in Sunbrella Chenille Fog stains you can wipe them right out absolutley no piling Ive had this sofa for 2 years so far. I am curious of how the sunbrella salt holds up with stains . I love this material so much now that I need a second sofa i want to stay in the sunbrella chenille family.

Please don't preach to me about declawing cats. All the cats I have had over the past 30 years have been declawed at the same time they were neutered. None of them had any issues. They showed no sign of having pain. In fact, were jumping around when they got home from surgery. All my cats were and are house cats, so safety is not an issue. I don't know about the rest of you, but I work very hard for a living and I don't have thousands of dollars to replace furniture.