I used to own a white couch and even though I hadn’t yet learned how to clean upholstery, I loved it. That thing really did get quite dirty but I was always able to get it clean again, not because I had some top secret cleaning recipe, but because it had removable slip covers! Such a lifesaver! If you love the look of a white sofa, you should know that even when they’re pretty grubby in real life, they still look almost perfect in photos. So they’re blogger-friendly. As long as you do a lot of laundry and rarely let people see it in real life. When we finally decided it was time to retire that old IKEA couch, we ended up getting a custom sectional made and we’ve loved that sofa even more than the last one. A good, comfy couch is like a member of the family, isn’t it? Well, we were smart enough to have our sofa made with really dark, durable fabric, but having two kids in the house, and one of them being a toddler, has put our new sofa through the wringer on a regular b...