Sofa and Corner Suite Restoration
Sagging seat cushions, worn armrests, faded colour. Full cycle: cleaning, leather softening, filling, re-colouring, protection.
Services Leather Furniture
Antiquing and antiqued leather
A finish with deliberately uneven colour — for period-style furniture and interiors where an even coating would look artificial.
Not every finish is meant to be even. On period-style furniture, in club interiors and when restoring old armchairs, a uniform, flat colour looks artificial — like plastic pretending to be leather. Antiquing means deliberately varying the shade: darker in the recesses, lighter on the raised areas, with a visible transition.
This is a finishing technique, not a way of hiding damage. Holes and wear still have to be repaired first — antiquing is added at the very end.
How we do it
- Agreeing the effect on a sample: level of contrast, base colour and shadow colour.
- Preparation and base colouring.
- Applying shading layers by hand, following the shape of the piece.
- Sealing in a matt finish or with a light sheen.
Before you decide
An antiqued finish isn't easy to undo — going back to an even colour means stripping the coating and re-colouring from scratch. That's why we always make a sample and show it on your furniture, in your lighting.
It looks good on leathers with a pronounced grain and on furniture with embossing, quilting or buttoning. On a flat, smooth sofa the effect is often disappointing, and in that case we advise against it.
Leather Furniture — other services
Aniline and Semi-Aniline
Uncoated leathers need different chemistry and a different technique than pigmented car upholstery — otherwise the finish comes off along with the dirt.
Wear and hole repair
Filling with repair compound and recreating the leather grain, so the repaired area doesn't stand out as a smooth patch.
Barber and dental chairs
Servicing and repairs for chairs in professional use — where wear is daily and downtime costs money.
Handbags and small leather goods
Worn corners, rubbed handles, scratches and faded colour. The same work as on a seat: filling the damage, recreating the grain, re-colouring and protection.