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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We’ve had nice furniture from the beginning. Our rules are no food or drink (other than water) in family room area. We eat at the table. They also know to use art supplies at a table, though they can use pencils in the family room.

Our oldest threw up on our couch once and we had it steam cleaned. Our youngest once drew with a marker all over our white chair but that came out no problem too. So, two incidents in 9 years.

I seriously don’t understand why people “wait” to buy nice things.[/quote]

Agree.  We have a leather couch that handles wear and tear from kid use (jumping, etc) but we don't allow the kids to eat or drink on the couch.  Art projects are supposed to be done at the table but all of our art supplies are washable so it wouldn't be a disaster if paint landed on the couch.  Our rug is cotton and we did have a kid throw up on it once but were able to really clean it out (it took a while, but it worked).  The rug is probably the only piece of furniture that I'd say we might want to replace when the kids get older (they're 5 and 2 now).  My husband and I eat and drink on the couch and he spilled a glass of red wine on the rug (which we could also clean out!) but the couch wipes down easily.  The sofa is pull-out and we have a mattress protector over that portion which we wash regularly because it still accumulates dirt and dust etc.

After anchoring our tall furniture during the baby proofing stage I'd never not anchor, regardless of age.  Minor earthquakes are not totally uncommon, and theoretically an adult could trip and fall into something.  I wouldn't want to risk the furniture crashing down.[/quote]

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