When you have pets at home, it’s impossible not to have a few scratch marks on your wood furniture, drool or pee stains as well as dirty paw marks on the fabric sofa, and a lot more, making it a bit challenging to maintain your furniture. No matter how much we train them, some things are just unavoidable, and that’s okay because we love our furry friends like our own family. 

Having pets at home may seem like all your furniture pieces are set for disaster, but it doesn’t have to be like that because you can still have good-looking furniture and keep your pets indoors. You may have to adjust a few things for them, though, so you will have to know and understand their behavior first and take that into consideration as it will help you better determine what kind of furniture best suits your lifestyle. 

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To help you with that, here are some tips on how to choose pet-friendly furniture for your home:

Mind Your Color Choices

Does your pet like lounging on the sofa? What fur color do they have? Keep in mind these details because it will enable you to choose the proper color for your furniture. For example, if you have a black Labrador Retriever, it’s advisable to pick a furniture color that will hide the loose hair or fur, particularly because dogs and cats shed. If you have a Persian cat, whose fur is cream, don’t opt for dark or black-colored furniture because it will easily show all the loose hair lying around. To complement this, consider the color of your throw pillows, blankets, and carpet. Make sure to also make it a habit to vacuum daily and dust your furniture. 

Consider the Furniture Legs

The legs of your coffee table, desk, or dining table are the easiest target for biting, scratching, and chewing. Wooden legs, in particular, commonly incur the most damage when things like this happen. That’s why it’s ideal to go for furniture legs made of metal because it’s bite-resistant and is less likely to incur visible scratches. If you do choose to get wood furniture, see to it that it’s highly durable and scratch resistant, so they don’t end up getting more damage than you expected.

Pick a Durable Fabric

Durable furniture materials are your best friends when you have pets at home. With that said, you have to pick a fabric that’s not only stylishly elegant in appearance and comfortable to lounge on, but is also strong enough to handle scratches and easy to clean so you can remove stains and loose fur. Bear in mind as well that no fabric is completely pet-proof — however, the good news is that there are fabric options that are tougher, more resilient than other types. 

Here are some of the best pet-friendly fabrics that you can consider for your furniture:

• Leather and faux leather
• Polyolefin
• Microfiber

These fabrics are generally better options for homes with pets and upholstered furniture because they are durable, stain, puncture, and odor resistant, and are easy to clean. 

Having pets means you have to make necessary adjustments such as furniture choices, in order for you and them to coexist properly in one home. Fortunately, there are already a good array of furniture options available today that you can choose from to cater to the kind of lifestyle you have. 

We hope that this article has helped you choose the best pet-friendly furniture for your home.

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