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borntobemummy
28-04-2009, 11:53
We are getting a new lounge and just have to choose the colour. At the moment, I love red but DH is unsure we will like it for years to come. We were thinking chocolate brown but the ladies at the shop said it would show up finger marks heaps. And we were contemplating a cream colour but I'm a little worried how that will fare with little kiddies. Any suggestions?:)
MyFab4
28-04-2009, 12:05
I have a chocolate brown leather lounge and 5 kids. I don't find that it shows up finger marks. If they wipe something on it it shows up but it would on any colour lounge. The beauty of it is though its easily wiped off. I personally wouldn't get cream or a light colour as you would probably find yourself cleaning it a lot.
3 Little Pigs
28-04-2009, 12:08
:wave:
i have a black leather lounge, its great, i have 2 grubby children and it doesn't show up many marks. Whatever colour you get make sure you get a good leather protector and cleaner.
:)
lulu 2
28-04-2009, 12:48
We have a navy blue leather lounge and a cream leather one and the blue definately shows more dirt but I think its cause of the type of leather the cream one is a hard smooth leather (like chesterfield)whereas the blue one is the soft leather and it holds more dirt in the cracks of the pattern of the leather.
DoulaRobyn
28-04-2009, 12:51
We have a black leather lounge and love it! Things just wash off with a cloth with warm water on it. I just give it a quick spray and wipe with a facewasher and a spray bottle filled with water and a few drops of lavender and then just wipe off messes as they happen - easy to keep looking nice... oh and I have three little grubbies! and a big muddy/messy boy!
A Party of Five
28-04-2009, 12:52
OMG so do I :eek:


I have a chocolate brown leather lounge and 5 kids. I don't find that it shows up finger marks. If they wipe something on it it shows up but it would on any colour lounge. The beauty of it is though its easily wiped off. I personally wouldn't get cream or a light colour as you would probably find yourself cleaning it a lot.

:iagree:
Luna Lovegood
28-04-2009, 12:53
I have a forest green leather lounge and it doesnt show up much at all... I use a baby wipe to clean it...
borntobemummy
28-04-2009, 13:36
thanks for the responses, definitely food for thought. They were saying that the darker coloured leathers in the showroom they have to clean every day after al he people come in and touch and sit on them, but the lighter ones, they clean far less often and they don't really get dirty. Does anyone have a light coloured one? How about red? Am I dreaming wanting red? I just love it so much:o
SorenLorensen
28-04-2009, 15:01
go the read, there is only a few days left of mumpril so put your foot down NOW :p

seriously though, we have a choc lounge and love it, mum and dad have a cream one and it does not get grubby so either is a good choice.
we also have a red lounge (not leather) and it looks great and i love how it brightens up the room and is not the 'norm'.
borntobemummy
28-04-2009, 19:36
go the read, there is only a few days left of mumpril so put your foot down NOW :p

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:laughing:bahahahaha!!!!

btw, you're not helping lol:p maybe we should get a striped lounge with all three colours lol!

How to decide? This is something we will look at and use everyday for years:dizzy:
Areca
28-04-2009, 19:57
My parents have a cream leather lounge and my mum hates it. Shows up all the marks and she is constantly cleaning it. They've had it for about 6 years or so now?

Granted for a leather lounge it's a cheap one (though not a cheap lounge) so maybe the quality of other cream leather lounges is better and they're easiert oc lean if they're the super expensive leather lounges but factor that in to your decision!
JabberJaw
28-04-2009, 20:02
My parents have a cream leather lounge and my mum hates it. Shows up all the marks and she is constantly cleaning it. They've had it for about 6 years or so now?

Granted for a leather lounge it's a cheap one (though not a cheap lounge) so maybe the quality of other cream leather lounges is better and they're easiert oc lean if they're the super expensive leather lounges but factor that in to your decision!

:iagree: DONT repeat DONT get cream, i use to work in a furniture store and cream was a bugger to clean, every kid mark (from kids shopping with parents) showed, the tiniest amount of dirt rubbed off onto them. HORRID i tell ya, i spent alot of time cleaning those. And if the sales person was pushing you to get cream and telling you its good to clean......well that is because they want to rid them self of the cream one :laughing:

I sold a number of red ones, they looked nice, but chocolate and black was most popular.

My mum has a red leather lounge and LOVES it. My nephew is always at her house and she hasn't complained about having to clean it.
MyFab4
28-04-2009, 20:04
OMG so do I :eek:



:iagree:
MochaMumma I think dark coloured leather mixes well with lots of grubby kids:D
borntobemummy
29-04-2009, 11:21
DH said no to cream and then it was down to chocolate and red, I ended up choosing chocolate, mainly because it's the safer choice if we want to re-sell it down the track, more people would be interested. I will get some red cushions to get my red fix in:p Thanks for all the help:)