You can use, with confidence, family and pet friendly solution-dyed acrylic fabrics for not only casual family rooms but also in elegant living rooms. These fabrics are attractive, durable, easy to clean, and environmentally friendly. Invest in quality furniture in attractive fabrics that will give you many years of pleasure.
Sunbrella and Perennial fabrics are environmentally friendly in that the waste water used in the production is actually recyclable. The Sunbrella brand is certified by the GREENGUARD Institute’s Children and schools standard as contributing to healthy indoor air by being a very low emitting interior product.
Fifty years ago our grandparents were introduced to a virtually indestructible fabric for their sofas. It was called Olefin which was produced in drab looking plaids and stripes and had the feeling of woven plastic. My grandmother called it serviceable.
Since then, fabrics have greatly improved, now being able to withstand the penetrating rays of the sun, being very stain resistant and holding up well under the beating a family room sofa may have to endure. Since 1961, Sunbrella is probably the most recognizable among this type of fabrics. Sunbrella first produced fabrics for awnings, then marine materials as well as outdoor umbrellas, and later moving into fabrics for outdoor and later indoor furniture.