Leatherette is a non-organic artificial alternative of leather, made in natural or synthetic cloth fibres covered in PVC or Polyurethane.

This has become a popular choice in making leather upholstery, mainly because of the moral cause of being not made from animal skin.

Leatherette is being extensively used in modern times, especially in automotive upholstery, shoes, bags and these days in furniture.

Leatherette sofas are increasingly in demand these days, primarily because of the many benefits that they deliver including clean-ability, being animal-friendly and inexpensive.

These sofas are better than either fabric or leather upholstered sofas in many ways. Some of the fundamental advantages are pointed below.

Benefits Of Leatherette Sofas

Convenient Cleaning

A leatherette sofa can be easily cleaned. It requires very little maintenance and can be easily cleaned with light dusting or rubbing down, just a couple of times—fabric needs more regular cleaning as compared to leatherette or leather sofa.

While leather is vulnerable to stains, this upholstery material does not catch stains easily. Leather also gets easily scratched, while leatherette is better in this context.

Spectacular In Appearance

These sofas are built in designs that are taken from the sofa designs of earlier times like the chesterfield sofas, which have adorned the abodes of the Royals and the opulent.

The leatherette upholstery is available in the market in a variety of designs and colours. Since these can be easily dyed, the number of colour variants is enormous.

The sofas are available in sleek designs whose quality is high end. The models of the seating include deep tufted buttoned patterns, royal lounge styled sofas and many more.

There are numerous styles of these sofas including the L shaped sofas, the corner sofas etc.

No Germ Or Mites

Leatherette does not harbour mites or other germs that infect fabric sofas or leather. The fabric sofas or leather can catch dust or bugs, but the leatherette alternative is less vulnerable to these two, being inorganic.

If you have pets who often ask for your cuddling, lying by you on the couch, it is better to go for furniture in this upholstery because of the simple reason of it being hypoallergenic when compared to the fabric or leather alternatives.

Built To Provide Extra Comfort

The design of these sofas harks back to the eighteenth century when the classic Chesterfield sofa was in fashion—this sofa was created for extra comfort under the royal authority of the Duke of Chesterfield.

A leatherette sofa has a low seat height conducive to comfortable sitting, good couch suspension and a cushion filling that can relax every nerve.

An Affordable Alternative

Upholstered sofas made in this material are inexpensive when compared to their leather counterparts.

Since, leather is a very expensive and high maintenance upholstery to own, a leatherette sofa can become an excellent alternative to the leather sofas.

Same design, the same lavish and luxurious look, the same comfort and many more of the qualities that a leather sofa can provide can be easily found in a leatherette upholstered sofa.

A Moral Support

Leatherette is also called as artificial leather, for it is made with Polyurethane or PVC which looks more or less like leather but unlike leather hasn’t been derived from animal skin.

This makes it, naturally, a popular choice for the moral cause that it supports.