Benefits of Performance Fabrics in Furniture

Springtime typically heralds the start of graduation and wedding parties, baby showers, outdoor birthday parties and family barbecues — the most-feared gatherings for owners of white furniture.

While this spring season is anything but typical, as we all deal with the stress of social distancing and the COVID-19 pandemic, we all hope to be gathering our family and friends close as soon as possible. Stay well, wash your hands, and don’t let nightmares about stained living room furniture stress you out.

At Big Sandy Superstore, we offer living room furniture, bedroom furniture, and indoor/outdoor furniture made with durable LiveSmart, Revolution and other performance fabrics that clean up simply by blotting with a soft cloth.

With easy-to-clean performance fabrics, you can confidently buy the Jackson Furniture Posh Porcelain white suede couch you’ve had your eye on at Big Sandy Superstore. The kids and your goldendoodle puppy won’t phase it. 

Performance fabrics give homeowners a stylish alternative for everyday furniture that keeps its good looks.

Performance Fabrics Marry Function with Style

The history of performance fabrics started in outdoor upholstered furniture. Manufacturers engineered the furniture to withstand the sun without fading, rough use without abrading, and dirt and grime without staining. 

Realizing homeowners might covet these features for indoor furniture, too, manufacturers refined the fabrics to make them look and feel luxurious while remaining non-toxic and tough as nails. 

Performance fabrics work at the fiber level for unmatched durability and longevity, so they’ll keep their youthful good looks long into your relationship. 

Many consumers opt for a more traditional cover, with unexpected performance traits. Leather is the original performance material and has been used on furniture for thousands of years. What was once considered a luxury item available only to the rich, today's leathers are more durable, more consistently colored, and far cheaper than ever before. 

Leather is luxurious and holds up well to everyday wear and tear from kids, pets, scratches, abrasions, and stains. While a bit more expensive, a fine leather sofa lasts for years and dust and grime won’t penetrate the material. If you're hoping for a classic look with high performance, real leather may be the choice for you.

Performance Fabrics Offer Stain Resistance

Performance fabrics are water-repellant but still breathable for a comfortable evening of binge-watching the newest season of your favorite series. And don’t worry if ketchup drips from your midnight snack onto your new Catnapper Invincible Bamboo Power Lift Recliner. Performance fabrics are stain-resistant, so that ketchup dribble dabs right up.

Still worried about your 3-year-old toddler spilling chocolate milk on your porcelain-white sofa? Don’t. The sofa’s LiveSmart performance fabric is made of performance yarn that is inherently stain-resistant and then encapsulated in a water-repellent finish so the milk just sits on top until you lift it away with a cloth. This prevents the milk from soaking into the fibers and souring — a definite win for mom.

Revolution performance fabrics, also available in living room furniture at Big Sandy, even defeat permanent, or shall we say temporary, marker.

Now, mom can sleep like a baby in her purple tufted Bernhardt Regan Queen Upholstered Bed, and not worry about her little princess ruining it with lipstick.

How to Clean Performance Fabrics

Cleaning performance fabrics may be the best feature of all. Blotting performance fabrics with a dry or damp towel picks up most of the dirt and juice that inadvertently lands on your living room furniture. 

If that doesn’t work, upholstery cleaners and blotting do wonders, especially with greasy cupcake stains. For tougher stains on Revolution Performance Fabrics, try using a bleach-and-water solution to keep your sensational sectional looking posh.

Before cleaning, be sure to thoroughly read recommendations that come with your new Signature Design by Ashley® Beachcroft 3 Piece Beige Sectional, or any performance-fabric furniture from Big Sandy’s huge selection, as fabrics and ways to clean them vary by manufacturer.

Fabric Pilling and Performance Fabrics

Shaving fabric pills may also be necessary for a short time with new living room furniture made with performance fabrics.

Pilling is completely normal for new man-made fabrics, as friction from sitting on the furniture works loose fibers to the surface and twists them into little balls. 

You may need to clear them away several times early on, but a battery-operated pill shaver makes quick work of the pesky pills. A pumice stone or pill comb also effectively removes them. 

Posh Performance Fabrics without the Worry

Want stylish furniture that holds up well to kids and dogs? Performance fabrics are surprisingly affordable at Big Sandy Superstore. There’s no longer a need to sacrifice luxury for durability. 

Want to learn more about Big Sandy’s furniture with performance fabrics? Big Sandy stores are currently closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but we continue to take orders online 24/7, with delivery and no-contact pickup available. Call us today at 888-610-2449.