White With Kids?

We desperately need a new couch but don't want to spend too much money with my ever-changing decor and recent depletion of funds on this project.  I came across this awesome sale on WestElm.com and can't pass it up.  $299 for a couch?  Thats cheaper than anywhere else I can imagine and husband won't mind too much when I want a different one in a few years :)

I am  rationalizing the white color by buying extra slipcovers for the sale price of $40 each.  I figure I can get a few good uses with washes on each. 

Then I was catching up on my blog reading over at Pure Home Style and can't agree more with Lauren's philosophy:

"However, (and here's my little white bedding arguement/ rant: Some people say that white bedding isn't practical when you have dogs & kids & I couldn't disagree more. You see, I want to know when there's something dirty on my bed, not camoflauge it. I'm not saying that you have to have white bedding if you have dogs/ kids, only that if you do want it, it's great for germaphobes and people like me who don't mind washing the bedding frequently... "

What are your thoughts?  How do you deal with stains?  Do you prefer out of sight out of mind?

On a side note - I'm bummed that the Armchairs are already sold out because I wanted to copy this look found in House Beautiful's October issue. (We all know I DO NOT need anymore chairs :)