| Leather furniture exudes quality and style. There | | | | out and cut the leather. This was a little nerve |
| is just something about it that makes you feel like | | | | wracking because I wanted to use each square |
| a million bucks. Maybe it's the longevity and | | | | inch of leather without any extra waste. This |
| durability you get with leather. Maybe it's the | | | | went smoother than I thought it would. When I |
| appeal to the touch and smell. Maybe it's that it | | | | started tightening the leather across the seats |
| came from something once alive. I don't know. I | | | | they really started to come alive. Leather |
| just know that a studded brown leather living | | | | furniture is tough and the experience of working |
| room set is on my dream list. The desire to have | | | | with the leather in covering the dining room chairs |
| leather furniture in my house was only fueled by | | | | was really satisfying and fun. I ended up getting |
| a project I completed awhile back. | | | | some hammered tacks to finish off the tops of |
| A few years ago I bought an old dining room | | | | the chairs for a really classic western look. |
| table and chairs at an antique store. The table | | | | Since finishing my project I went on to recover |
| itself is black walnut, has enough leafs to extend it | | | | some bar stools with the same leather. They |
| out to a full 12 feet, and is really heavy and | | | | turned out pretty good, if I do say so myself. I'd |
| unique. For the first year my family and friends | | | | do it all over again, but am now looking forward |
| endured the worn and tattered nasty gold fabric | | | | to saving up for some brand new furniture for |
| that barely hung to the seats and backs. I had it | | | | the living room. |
| in my head to someday recover them with | | | | Speaking of which, I was at an Uncle's house |
| leather, but wasn't sure how to go about it. After | | | | recently and noticed that his living room furniture |
| a fair amount of research online and at the library, | | | | was leather. One particular couch caught my eye. |
| I decided I was ready to tackle my project. | | | | It was a green one that has about 20 year of |
| I learned that leather furniture comes in all sorts | | | | use on it. It had probably about 200 puncture cuts |
| of colors and types of leather. For my project, I | | | | in the arms. Really ugly. Turns out, my Uncle's |
| opted for a nice rich brown smooth leather. | | | | grand kids had taken a knife to it and basically |
| Because it is so expensive I couldn't see myself | | | | ruined it by stabbing it over and over. Ouch! It |
| getting it locally so I requested samples from an | | | | was too bad, because despite its age, it still had a |
| online seller. They sent me swatches and I was | | | | lot of life left in it. |
| able to actually see what I was going to use. | | | | So, leather furniture may not be able to withstand |
| When the box of leather came to my door I was | | | | all levels of abuse, but it can sure put up with a |
| excited, but a little nervous. I got going rebuilding | | | | lot, and under normal conditions, will last for years |
| the seats out of 3/4 plywood. Then I covered | | | | and years. I can almost feel and smell my future |
| them with quilt batting and foam. I then had to lay | | | | set. I just hope no knife-wielding kids come calling. |