La-Z-Boy Southeast

Most of our pet-owning customers arrive with the same question, phrased one of two ways: Will my dog destroy a leather sofa? or Won’t my cat’s claws shred it in a week? They wonder whether leather furniture is great for pets or if it should be avoided entirely.

The honest answer in both cases is: probably not, if it’s real leather and you take a f...

A well-made leather sofa is built to last two decades or more. To get the most out of your investment, it’s important to know how to Clean and Care For Leather Furniture. Whether it actually lasts that long has very little to do with luck and almost everything to do with what gets put on the surface — and, just as importantly, what doesn’t.

The good news: leather i...

After fifty years of selling sofas and recliners across the Southeast, we’ve watched a lot of furniture come and go from a lot of living rooms. The pieces customers finally — finally — come back to replace decades later? Disproportionately leather.

That’s not nostalgia, and it’s not an accident. When you stack a quality leather piece next to a quality fabr...

If you’ve been shopping leather furniture lately, you’ve probably noticed two pieces that look almost identical can be separated by a thousand dollars in price. The label on one says “genuine leather.” The label on the other says “bonded leather.” This often sparks the Bonded Leather vs Genuine Leather debate. A salesperson tells you they’re basically the same thing.

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Fabric pilling is the small balls of tangled fiber that form on upholstery, clothing, and rugs. It happens when loose fibers rub together and twist into knots. Pilling is completely normal – it is not a defect – and you can shave it away in minutes with an inexpensive fabric shaver.

Spotted tiny fuzz balls on a favorite sofa or armchair? It is one of the most commo...