We have the Sunbrella Performance Chenille in Cloud on the curved Buchanan sectional. It is 3 years old. Daily use from 2 adults, 3 big fluffy dogs, and 2 cats. Lots of use from visiting family with children and elderly adults. Stains come up with Woolite/water mix. It does get dirty over time. I risked it and took off all the covers and machine washed them with Woolite. I dried on air only. They came out great. I have done this twice. We have a front load LG with a delicate cycle and option for tap water cold. We have well water.

I don’t have experience with the two fabric choices you listed but wanted to share my experience with the PB performance chunky basketweave in oatmeal for your reference. The fabric is 100% polypropylene and PB states it’s highly washable and can be clean with bleach. My PB sectional is 4 years old and we had our first incident tonight. My 3yo wasn’t feeling well and puked all of the dinner she had, one bowl of marinara pasta. She literally puked her entire dinner, poor girl. I am glad she is feeling better but the mess and the stain from the red sauce...I tried to clean with my previous Clorox wipes (in a midst of covid-19, Clorox wipes are very precious!!) and soap and baby wipes. Slightly better but not much. And since we haven’t taken off the cushion covers for wash (ours is upholstered) because we have been very careful and we don’t eat or drink on it so we never had any stain until tonight, I decided it’s time for its first wash. I took off all the covers and put them in washer in delicate cycle with cold water, regular detergent and hexol (disinfectant and deodorizer) follow by tumble dry low. The moment I took them out of dryer, I was so happy that I chose this fabric! The sectional looks like new! Before I picked out my fabric, I took all the possible samples home and did a test with typical food/drink that would stain fabric (chocolate, peanut butter, red wine, soy sauce, etc) and I tried to clean those stains with soap and rubbed them against with clean cloth. Lots of fabric had piling issues and some couldn’t get any stains out. The fabric I chose performed the best so I chose it over the other natural fabric which I wanted originally for the softness. But at the end, I picked this synthetic fabric over the natural fabric for its washability and tonight proved that it is quite washable! And we don’t have any piling issue either. The only cons is that this is synthetic fabric so it’s not as soft to touch as natural fabric, and at the time of my purchase, this fabric was only available in oatmeal, I would have want it in white or light gray. Looks like PB has discontinued this material now. Here’s a picture I took after I washed the covers. Good luck!

I am wondering if you went ahead and got the sofa wiht the basketweave slub oatmeal, and if so, how has it held up in terms of fabric quality and stains? I really like the look of this fabric more than any of the others but am concerned about the lower fabric grade compared to the performance fabrics. If you used it, it would be super helpful to get your thoughts. Thanks!

I thought I’d post an update if anyone is interested. Initially I had decided on the PB performance Heathered Basketweave in alabaster, which is slightly darker than the ivory. I sat in an Ayden slipcovered rocker glider in the store that was pretty comfortable and was thinking of this chair as a good option. The slipcover also still had a fairly tailored look. We decided to stop in another local furniture store as well and sat in all the chairs on display a’la Goldilocks. By far the most comfortable chair was a Rowe upholstered rocker glider (Kara) in a Crypton fabric (Nomad Snow) that was fairly light-colored but had some other colors woven in that I thought would help disguise dirt a little. The chairs were also kept in stock for quick delivery. The selling point was a program ($300 up front for 2 chairs) that would offer a 5 year warranty with the store arranging for any cleaning or replacement needed during that time. Rowe also has another identical looking chair in a slipcovered version I could order if I wanted to go that route as well. Before going back to the store to arrange the purchase, we decided to go all-out with removing the seat and back cushion covers and washing them in the machine with Oxiclean. This is specifically discouraged by the manufacturer but we decided at this point what did we have to lose? This actually helped a lot. Not perfect but greatly improved. We couldn’t do this with the body of the chair but used a bunch of Folex and even Bissell Pro Oxi Power Shot to try and get the grunge out there. Got some improvement though not 100%. I plan to get it professionally cleaned and in the meanwhile have put some fleece pet blankets I bought at Pottery Barn down to protect from the dog. We’re thinking we can hopefully get a few more years out of these chairs and go for the Rowe chair with the protection plan through our local furniture chair when it’s time for replacement.