What is a Half Leather Sofa and Should I Buy It?

What is a Half Leather Sofa and Should I Buy It?

What is a Half Leather Sofa?

Real leather sofas come in two types: Half leather and Full leather. Half Leather sofas are manufactured using both natural leather (genuine cowhide leather) & artificial leather (synthetic leather like PU PVC). Genuine leather is used on the contact areas where our bodies can touch, while artificial / synthetic leather is used on the un-contact areas. 

For half leather sofa, the genuine leather area is commonly located on the top of the seat cushion, front face of back cushion and arm surface, while the back and sides may be upholstered with a matching colour PU PVC or microfiber leather. As such, half leather sofas are cheaper than full leather ones. There will be a slight colour difference (applied to all PVC parts from the sofa).

What is a Full Leather Sofa?

Sofas entirely made of genuine cowhide leather (natural leather) are known as full leather sofas. Artificial leather has been completely removed. The full leather sofas are also considered to be top-quality leather sofas.

Pressing on the sofa

Which Leather Sofa Should You Choose Between a Full Leather and a Half Leather Sofa?

Before making a choice, you must be aware of your needs. We would advise you to buy a full leather sofa if you are looking for a long-lasting, high-end, and luxurious sofa for your living room and are willing to invest more.

Only when you have a constrained budget, can you go for a half leather sofa. The fact that a full leather sofa is more enduring and elegant-looking means that it is always a better choice. But, their price is high. Select the one that best meets your requirements and financial situation.

What are our half leather sofa options?

Our leather sofa comes with both full leather and half leather options for Calm collection, Comfy collection, Carson collection and Colby collection.

Calm Collection:

  • Genuine leather: Seat cushion top, Back cushion front, Arm top, Arm inside face
  • Synthetic leather: Seat front, Arm front, Arm outside face, Sofa back
PU and real leather components for a calm sofa

Comfy Collection:

  • Genuine leather: Seat cushion top, Back cushion front, Arm top, Arm inside face
  • Synthetic leather: Seat front, Arm outside face, Sofa back

Comfy half leather sofa, parts that are PU, parts that are genuine leather

Carson Collection:

  • Genuine leather: Seat cushion top, Seat cushion front, Back cushion, Arm top, Arm front, Arm inside face
  • Synthetic leather: Arm outside face, Sofa back
  • The % of genuine leather is pretty high for our Carson collection

Parts of Carson half leather sofa that is PU and parts that are genuine leather

Colby Collection:

  • Genuine leather: Seat cushion top, Seat cushion front, Back cushion, Arm top, Arm front, Arm inside face, Arm outside face
  • Synthetic leather: Sofa back
  • The % of genuine leather is really high for our Colby collection

Colby half leather sofa, parts that are PU and parts that are real leather

In summary, we recommend a full leather sofa if the budget does not concern you. However if you have a limited budget, you can also choose a half leather sofa which is also durable as all the contact areas are upholstered by natural cowhide leather.

Last updated: 18th Sep 2023

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