I have a set of dining chairs with removable seats. I was considering recovering them. Should be easy: pop out the seats and staple some new material on...
I then thought, hmm, what about covering the seat in leather instead of cloth. Must be harder wearing and much more sexy.
Has anyone tried this? was it a success? Where can I get some suitable leather from? What is suitable leather?
TIA Colin
Drop in seats are easy. Any DIY upholstery book should explain the process. As padding, "chip foam" is about the easiest to work with.
Here's a simple box cushion I did in leather.
too. I threw away a perfectly good bum-bag recently because I couldn't source a replacement buckle.
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