Natural Fabrics
Linen: Linen is better suited for adult areas or formal living rooms because it easily wrinkles and soils. Plus, it will not withstand heavy wear. But, linen resists fading and pilling.
Leather: The tough material may be softly vacuumed, damp-wiped as necessary, and cleaned using saddle soap or leather conditioner.
Cotton: The natural fiber offers good resistance to pilling, fading, and wear. It’s less resistant to fire, wrinkling, and soil. Surface treatments and combining with other fibers oftentimes atone for those weaknesses.
Wool: Durable and sturdy, wool and wool blends provide good resistance to soil, wrinkling, fading, and pilling. Usually, wool is combined with a synthetic fiber in order to make it simpler to clean and decrease the probability of felting the fibers.
Cotton Blend: Depending upon the weave, such blends may be family-friendly, sturdy fabrics. A stain-resistant finish ought to be applied for daily use.
Vinyl: Less expensive and easier to care for than leather, vinyls are perfect for busy dining rooms and family living rooms. Its durability depends upon quality.
Silk: The delicate fabric is just appropriate for adult areas, like formal living rooms. Silk has to be cleaned by a professional if soiled.
Synthetic Fabrics
Acetate: Created as imitation silk, it may withstand shrinking, pilling, and mildew. But, it provides just fair resistance to soil and usually wears, wrinkles, and fades within the sun.
Acrylic: The synthetic fiber was created as imitation wool. It’ll resist wear, fading, soiling, and wrinkling. Low-quality acrylic might excessively pill in places which get high levels of abrasion.
Nylon: It’s rarely used alone, and usually is blended with additional fibers in order to make it amongst the strongest of upholstery fabrics. Nylon is extremely resilient; in a blend, it’ll help eliminate the crushing of napped fabrics like velvet.
Olefin: It’s an excellent option for furniture which is going to receive heavy wear.
Polyester: It’s rarely utilized alone in upholstery. Polyester will be blended with additional fibers in order to add wrinkle resistance, reduce fading, and eliminate crushing of napped fabrics. As blended with wool, it’ll aggravate pilling issues.
Rayon: Created as an imitation silk, cotton and linen, rayon is durable. But, it wrinkles. The latest developments have designed high-quality rayon to be very practical.