How Do You Reupholster a Dining Room Chair with Leather?

Reupholstering a dining room chair with leather gives you a hard wearing, wipe clean seat that ages beautifully and copes with spills far better than fabric. The process involves removing the seat, stripping the old cover, cutting a leather hide with a generous margin, then stretching and stapling it smoothly before folding the corners into neat pleats. This guide covers choosing between full grain, corrected grain, and faux leather, the tools you need for a thicker material, and the technique for achieving a drum tight finish. We also explain how to handle the tricky corners and how to care for your newly covered chair so it lasts for years in a British home....