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AH020387 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Upholstered

Upholstered sofas are sofas with plastic over them?
  

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No, and as advice for home fashions, plastic coverings should never be left on sofas! leather, cloth, etc. There is a cheap faux leather that is and looks like plastic, and a higher grade of faux leather (brand name naugahyde) that is nicer and looks more like real leather.

  • No, and as advice for home fashions, plastic coverings should never be left on sofas!
  • leather, cloth, etc.
  • There is a cheap faux leather that is and looks like plastic, and a higher grade of faux leather (brand name naugahyde) that is nicer and looks more like real leather.
  • You might say, "My grandmother's couch is upholstered in a cloth with an old fashioned flowery pattern.
  • My mother prefers sleek, modern, leather upholstery.
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No, and as advice for home fashions, plastic coverings should never be left on sofas! (or on lampshades, for that matter.)

Upholstery is just whatever covering is on the couch...leather, cloth, etc. There is a cheap faux leather that is and looks like plastic, and a higher grade of faux leather (brand name naugahyde) that is nicer and looks more like real leather.

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