I tend to use them all over the house. My cat has destroyed the upholstery on the legs of all of my arm chairs. I have quilts drapped over several of them. I also have one on each of two sofas. The cat sheds horribley and I can wash the quilts a whole lot easier than cleaning the furniture. A word of caution. Blue fabric in particular used in quilts will fade if exposed to sunlight. I used to keep my sofa in front of my bay window in the livingroom, I had it drapped in a mostly blue quilt I made from blocks I won in an exchange. Parts of it are so faded it is hard to tell what the original color was. The cat still loves it and the sofa underneath looks like new.