up(holstery date)

[cjsmith]

We have a couch! To be more precise, we have our old couch back, with new springs and padding and now covered in leather.

It's very well done. I heartily recommend Ambassador Upholstery. The guy's truck breaks down all the friggin' time, so expect small schedule delays, but the work is done quickly and is exactly what we ordered.

So far, the cats won't even get ON it, much less choose it as a scratching post. My fingers are crossed.

Comments

[lesliepear.livejournal.com]

Leather? I've always been afraid of that with my cats - even thought they're front declawed, I'd figure they'd leave scratch marks.

I just got new matching throws from Blar for our old chair and couch - they match now! And these easily come off for washing.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's a gamble. We chose leather because we'd seen them leave Rick's fancy leather comfy chair alone, while shredding everything else in the room. We're hoping we don't have to reupholster it AGAIN in a few years. Fingers crossed...!

We chose a leather that doesn't get scratch marks just flicking it with a fingernail. Apparently that "feature" is very popular with some people, but it would drive me batty. This can be scratched but we'd have to work harder at it.

New matching throws sounds like a very practical solution! Our couch was way too far gone for that (it really DID need new springs and padding) but I don't feel bad about that, it's as old as I am. If we ever get a newish cloth-covered one again we'll hopefully do throws or slipcovers on it BEFORE it gets past the point of no return.

[ambar.livejournal.com]

I lurve my leather couch and chair. Mmm, leather.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

It smells woooooonnnnderful. And it's sized for normal humans! (Unlike any couch that can be bought new today.) Yippeee! Happy CJ.

[wcg.livejournal.com]

Congrats! I get the idea it's beautiful and comfortable. May your kitties continue to respect it.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

It's not absolutely lovely, given that it's BROWN leather (don't shoot me - black just would not have gone in this room), but it's nice-looking enough and it's light years better than it used to look with big holes all over it and stuffing coming out. It is VERY COMFORTABLE, with a nineteen-inch seat depth; we couldn't find any other way to get a couch that shallow, and we're smallish folk, so we *needed* it.