Discover Your Perfect Sofa Fabric: A Guide to Style, Comfort & Durability
, by Ruth Wilbur, 1 min reading time
Choosing the right fabric for your sofa isn’t just about colour, it’s about how you live, how you relax, and how your furniture becomes part of your home. From luxurious velvets to timeless woven textures, each fabric tells its own story.
Let’s explore our fabric collection and help you find your perfect match.
Plush Velvet: Made for Everyday Living.
Soft to the touch yet designed for real life, Plush Velvet is the perfect choice for busy homes. Featured across many of our most popular collections, including Albert, Bugsby, Chessington, Banbury, Bertie, Mayfair, Benji, Moorland, and Oskar Italia - it offers both versatility and style. Available in a wide range of colours, it’s also pet-friendly and hardwearing, making it ideal for everyday living without compromising on comfort or elegance.
Duke & Matt Velvets – Built to Last
Designed for durability with a refined finish, these velvets bring both resilience and understated luxury. Duke Velvet is featured on the Marnie collection, offering a subtle sheen and long-lasting performance. Matte velvet appears on the Oskar collection, delivering rich colour depth with an understated, contemporary feel. Similarly, our Truffle, is another matte velvet option which boasts an impressive spec too with 100,000 rub count in a sophisticated matte finish. All are great choices if you have pets or young family as all these velvets are especially durable.
Orchid & Opulence Velvets – Vintage Glamour
Inspired by 1930s elegance, these velvets ooze elegance and sophistication, often with a subtle sheen and slightly longer pile. Orchid Velvet is hardwearing as well as beautiful with a rub count of 100k and is found on Loretta, Lamour, Monique, Dalmore, Claudette, and Fontaine. Opulence Velvet is similar in style, hardwearing, and distinctive, featured on Maverick, Dopamine, and Granby. Perfect for creating glamorous, heritage-inspired interiors.
Textured Fabrics: Character Meets Comfort
For those who love a tactile finish, these fabrics add depth and interest. Our Needle Cord velvet has a subtle texture and strong performance, with its distinctive ribbed texture. You'll find it on the best selling Hartington and Verity collections, offering both durability and visual character. Chenille Fabrics are soft yet resilient, our Eddy Fabric is one such example featured on Oliver, Fairfax, and Winston Wingback collections. Derwent Fabric is another popular textured choice used across Theodore, Osborn, and Armitage collections. Finally, villa fabric offers understated elegance, featured on the Hepburn collection - the fabric offers a refined, classic finish that works beautifully in both modern and traditional interiors
Light-Catching Italian Elegance:
Sunshine Velvet and Dion Fabric both bring a luxurious feel to their collections, while offering the practicality needed for everyday living. Sunshine Italian high pile velvet is featured on the Bugsby and Cleo collections, it's an Italian woven high-pile velvet that beautifully catches the light, adding softness, depth, and a rich sense of texture, while its 100,000 rub count makes it impressively hardwearing. Dion Fabric, found on the Pudding collection, shares that same balance of glamour and durability, with a sumptuous light-catching finish and an equally robust 100,000 rub count. Together, these fabrics are perfect for creating statement pieces that feel indulgent yet are made to stand up to daily use
Harris Tweed – Timeless Craftsmanship
Harris Tweed offers a truly unique blend of heritage, durability, and natural comfort. Handwoven in the Outer Hebrides using traditional methods, it’s crafted from 100% pure wool, making it exceptionally hardwearing while remaining breathable. This means it keeps you warm in the winter and cool in the summer. Its rich texture and depth of colour add character to any piece, while its natural fibres make it a sustainable and long-lasting choice—perfect for those who value authenticity, craftsmanship, and timeless style. This iconic fabric features on: Granby Chessington, Banbury, Bertie and Arbroath
Sublime Velvets: Luxury & Versatility
Velvet is at the heart of many of our collections, bringing softness, depth, and a refined finish. With an impressive 100,000 rub count, Sublime Velvet combines durability with sophistication. You’ll find this fabric on our Howard scatter and fixed back collections, where its heritage colour palette perfectly complements classic silhouettes. It's perfect for everyday use while maintaining its rich colour and sophisticated appearance over time.
Trinity Velvet – Main Character Energy
If unapologetic colour brings you joy, then Trinity might be the one for you. Our Darcey in Trinity Velvet practically glows and it's got staying power to boot with a remarkable 210,000 rub count. You’ll find Trinity velvet available the Darcey and selected Hartington pieces, perfect for family homes and pet owners.
Choosing the Right Fabric
When selecting your fabric, think about:
- Your lifestyle – pets, children, daily use
- Your comfort – plush softness vs textured structure
- Your style – bold statement or timeless neutral
