Help importing object mesh into newest Blender versoin

I was wondering if anyone had the answer to my question: I need to import the mesh of an object, for example a couch, but I want to use the newest Blender version as I want to make artwork with my Sims and objects in the scene. However, when I open the blend file for the object, there is no texture. Is there a way to export the mesh to a blend file and open it so it has all the textures? Or, would I have to manually add the texture myself? Any help is greatly appreciated.