It is not unusual that pieces of upholstered furniture are frequently in use for several hours every day. This means that they will develop completely normal signs of wear. This is unavoidable and completely natural wear which has nothing to do with workmanship and quality.

Patina
Leather lives right along with you and develops its own patina as time goes by. That has nothing to do with soiling. Instead, patina is the sum of the signs of wear that use leaves behind and actually represents a record of the beautiful aging of a surface: With faded places, folds, rough spots and a certain glow. Nothing that one could create artificially.

Pilling
Some fabrics tend to pill. Pills are tiny little nodules which are created by friction because the surfaces of loose fibers of the covering or your clothing become twisted. A special pilling razor removes these very easily. Pilling actually indicates a yarn or thread of very high quality. The finer and more valuable the yarn or thread, the greater the tendency to pill.

Wrinkling
The coverings change due to the influence of body heat, body moisture and body weight. They stretch over time thus creating "waves." However, this does not affect the quality. The following rule applies: The stronger the covering material, the larger the seating area and the softer the upholstery, the greater the tendency to wrinkle.

Other signs of wear are not quite so inevitable and can be avoided if you adhere to the following suggestions.

Light and heat
Direct sunlight changes coverings. They fade over time. Particularly with natural leathers, this must be considered when choosing the place where the sofa will stand. An UV leather cream is generally recommended for all leathers. The effects of heat can also change a covering and make it porous and brittle. Please do not place your leather furniture too close to a radiator since that would cause a buildup heat.
 
Color
Today most jeans are still dyed with indigo. Unfortunately, these color molecules do not bind chemically with the fibers and only stick to the surface of the fibers. The consequence: Jeans dye comes off on things. And all coverings are defenseless in the face of something like that. Please be sure to keep this in mind if you have light-colored coverings. The same applies to other non-colorfast textiles.

Pets
Claws, beaks, teeth: Pet-proof coverings do not exist. Unfortunately, the only thing that helps is to train your little dears in the art of "good" behavior.

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