Sofa So Good

To the common man, buying a leather sofa is as alien as putting the different grades of petrol into the car. In short we cannot tell the knee from the elbow.



Leather sofas were once only for the very rich., But today's leather sofas is affordable although for the mass market, low grade hide is used.

Natural leather is the most luxurious but are expensive and easily stained or damaged.



Many low priced sofas are made from pig/goat leather. Some are a mix of plastic or vinyl and very low grade hides.

So advertisements offering cheap "genuine leather" sofas should be treaded cautiously. Remember the old saying you get monkeys when you pay peanuts is often true.