I am buying new furniture. I have a small male dog that urine marks things occasionally. Which is more urine repellant? Leather or Microfiber? I don't always find the markings right away, so I can't always clean it up immediately. I recently got a new fabric covered chair, and wrapped the entire lower section with plastic shrink wrap. (So I could wipe it, or discard the plastic wrap, then re-wrap.) Doesn't look too great, but it's better than having a urine soaked chair. I usually slip-cover my chairs anyway, but the urine can soak into the actual chair fabric. So slip-covering doesn't really help. [U]Leather or Microfiber?[/U] And will I still have to plastic wrap it? Thanks so much! (And no, I won't get rid of the dog!)

Hello! I have a 3 year old sofa and loveseat made by Ashley. They weren't cheap, but not terribly expensive either. I got a deal on it from a warehouse, but it runs about $2200.00 at furniture stores for the set. Recently, the cushions have begun to wear/separate at the weave. Needless to say, I am quite dissapointed. Furniture used to last so long you just gave it to someone when you got tired of it. Now, it doesn't even last long enough to go out of style? It's not even used heavily. I guess I'm going to be looking for new furniture soon, and would like to avoid this problem. What kind of fabrics should I be looking at? I am not entirely fond of the velour looking fabrics. I like the woven plaid/western type designs, but if I can't expect any kind of durability from this, I'll consider other types. Any advice would be appreciated!