I Love this sofa! The velvet is actually pet friendly, yes pet hair sticks but no vacuum or lint brush is needed. A simple swipe with your hand will do the trick. The dark gray is gorgeous!!! It’s clearly gray in person. I have grey velvet dinning  chairs about 12 feet away and the whole space looks custom! I also bought the matching chair. Both are comfortably firm. This isn’t a sink in type of sofa but it’s comfortable and just so darn good looking! I don’t care for gild tones so I switched out the legs with chrome legs. I like a simple color palate so I added cream accessories. I’m very pleased!