Weather for leather

The wet weekend forced me to find tasks indoors rather than spend time in the garden. In fact it was the perfect weather for leather as I set about incorporating some rather tired furniture into our house.
The furniture in question was purchased from Heal’s nearly twenty years ago and had reached the end of its corporate life. Unceremoniously it had been condemned to life in a storage container.
Never one to miss the opportunity to restore an unloved and previously owned piece of furniture I set about my rescue mission.
Rallying some muscle, and the use of a van, I removed the furniture from the container and brought it home.
My aim was to rehouse the two seater sofa into our small front room which, until now, has been used as a study. Homing in on the trend to have a “snug” I envisaged the sofa being used as a warm and cosy corner to read, or to catch up with missed TV programmes on the iPad.
None of the furniture I recovered was in a bad condition. It was a little tired, a little worn, and a little dusty. Nothing that some TLC couldn’t remedy.
Donning my Marigolds and digging out my Renapur leather cleaning kit from the cupboard under the sink I set about my work.

• Wipe clean with a damp cloth
• Apply leather cleaner with a sponge
• Rinse with clean water
• Wait to dry
• Apply balm

What could be easier?
The results were stunning! Scuffs and scratches virtually eradicated, and a lovely rich sheen bringing the old sofa back to life.

A Herdwick fleece from Neptune and a scatter cushion from Joules added the finishing touches.
Driven on by my success I set about the armchair and footstool which had also been part of the original set of leather furniture.
These are now proud occupants of our sitting room, giving it an air of sophistication which it had previously lacked.

The end result was really pleasing as both rooms now share a common theme which gives the house a much more cohesive look and feel.
The only thing left to do was to put my feet up with a good book!