by barry | Jan 8, 2015 | sofa restoration, Uncategorized
We’ve had a couple of these very elegant sofas in recently… They are extremely well built, and really look the part, but both of the examples we’ve had have been very faded by the sun and general wear and tear. The restoration process for these was...
by barry | Dec 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
We had never seen one of these in the flesh until a couple of weeks ago, and now we have been asked to restore 3 of them! This one just needed a bit of tlc to the cushions and straps… The next two are tan in colour and require repairs, new latex foam cushions...
by barry | Nov 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
This sofa has been sitting in a conservatory… Aniline leather is unsealed, and thus unprotected from UV damage, it fades extremely quickly in sunlight. Re-colouring it is notoriously difficult to get right as the leather was originally dyed in trays rather than...
by barry | Nov 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
Our client was looking after his daughter’s dogs. They weren’t very popular after tearing the arm of one of his Chesterfields apart! His budget didn’t stretch to having the arm re-upholstered, and so we have repaired it using leather bonding and...
by barry | Sep 25, 2014 | sofa restoration, Uncategorized
Here are a few examples of how aniline leather sofas can be bought back to life…. These two seat sofas are made of a lovely leather, but are suffering from a common complaint. They are both grease stained and sun faded We were looking to get a richer colour and...
