Buying your first real piece of furniture is a true accomplishment. Not that futon you used for both your bed and sofa, but your first actual grown-up piece of furniture. The one that looks pricier ...

Whether it’s NASA’s futuristic chainmail or shape-shifting textiles that change form on demand, we are massive geeks when it comes to cutting-edge materials science. That said, the traditionalist in ...

If you've purchased a relatively cheap leather sofa, leather-bound books or an inexpensive belt, you might own a bonded-leather item. But what is bonded leather? Bonded leather consists of scraps from ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Experts are warning that customers in the market for a leather couch may be disappointed if they don't ask the right questions. The label on some couches may say bonded or ...

So-called "bonded leather" is really just leather fibers mixed with eco-unfriendly polyurethane or polyvinyl chloride. reProLeather, on the other hand, converts leather waste into what is claimed to ...

When I was 10, a carnival barker tried to get me to spend money in her shooting gallery by tempting me with a “gen-u-ine imitation leather” prize. Even as a preteen, I laughed at her honesty. I missed ...

Dyneema has become all the rage in the outdoor industry and we’re seeing it emerge everywhere — in backpacks, tents, climbing equipment, and recently a technical ultralight jacket. The development of ...

NBC Responds units across the country investigated complaints this year having to do with a relatively new material some furniture manufacturers are using: bonded leather. Della and Joseph Scata ...

After three-and-a-half years, the material on the sectional Michael bought from Jerome’s Furniture started peeling away. “My wife would just rest her head here as we’re watching television and it ...