Comments on: 12 Projects To Make From An Old Leather Couch https://vintagerevivals.com/12-projects-to-make-from-an-old-leather-couch/ Fearless DIY Wed, 19 Jun 2019 16:43:56 +0000 hourly 1 By: juana mangaoang https://vintagerevivals.com/12-projects-to-make-from-an-old-leather-couch/#comment-1592613 Mon, 21 Jan 2019 00:25:50 +0000 https://www.vintagerevivals.com/?p=16145#comment-1592613 I’ve been skinning a couch and found your blog while looking for how to best flatten the used leather. Can I stack and weight it and just wait? Or should I try ironing? Another site suggested alcohol to soften the leather…

BTW, i’ll piece the salvaged leather to make a daybed cover. I’ll also recover all the cushions and even use the frame (with a few modifications) as the daybed frame. Basically, almost nothing will go to landfill.

Thanks for this blog. Glad to know I’m not the only person going this route.

]]> By: Shirley https://vintagerevivals.com/12-projects-to-make-from-an-old-leather-couch/#comment-1304141 Sun, 24 May 2015 17:11:16 +0000 https://www.vintagerevivals.com/?p=16145#comment-1304141 LOL a woman after my own heart!! I have been doing things like this for years! It is so wrong to let this awesome leather go to waste or those beautiful scarves with the pillow inserts (which by the way I get a lot from my friendly thrift shops as well). I save gallon milk containers to use the plastic for things, and smooth thin metal cans to make name tags from. I get every single piece of wood I can find and create like you can’t believe. I go crazy out of my mind if I am in the car and see something at the roadside that I know I can convert and I either can’t stop myself or am with someone that I wouldn’t dare ask to stop. My husbands thinks I am a “horder” because he has no creative mind at all!! Thank you soooo much for being you : ) KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!! I absolutely love your revivals!!

]]> By: Julia@Cuckoo4Design https://vintagerevivals.com/12-projects-to-make-from-an-old-leather-couch/#comment-442206 Mon, 16 Jun 2014 11:47:43 +0000 https://www.vintagerevivals.com/?p=16145#comment-442206 Now that’s stylish recycling at it’s best!
I’m still pinching myself that I’m on this list with you. I feel like I shouldn’t say anything because they might notice their mistake 😉 domino rules!!!

]]> By: Julie Waggoner https://vintagerevivals.com/12-projects-to-make-from-an-old-leather-couch/#comment-439733 Sat, 14 Jun 2014 13:22:19 +0000 https://www.vintagerevivals.com/?p=16145#comment-439733 Ok, so I just picked up a sofa EXACTLY like this on the side of the road for FREE! I cannot wait to make awesome stuff out of it! Thanks for the idea!!!!

]]> By: Mandi https://vintagerevivals.com/12-projects-to-make-from-an-old-leather-couch/#comment-438578 Fri, 13 Jun 2014 16:00:47 +0000 https://www.vintagerevivals.com/?p=16145#comment-438578 In reply to Tracey.

Hey T! I noticed that too and swapped it out, thanks for the heads up my love! xo

]]> By: Mandi https://vintagerevivals.com/12-projects-to-make-from-an-old-leather-couch/#comment-438575 Fri, 13 Jun 2014 16:00:01 +0000 https://www.vintagerevivals.com/?p=16145#comment-438575 In reply to Lauren.

Such an awesome point Lauren! The first one that I cut up I had a friend pick up for reupholsery. The other two we saved the foam for other projects, so they were pretty much just a wood frame. So in my experience it was better, but I am going to guess that most people dont save things like I do (my husband tells me it’s a problem…) So if people arent reusing the other parts that it would be the same (minus the good part!) xox

]]> By: heidi @ a week from thursday https://vintagerevivals.com/12-projects-to-make-from-an-old-leather-couch/#comment-438488 Fri, 13 Jun 2014 14:41:44 +0000 https://www.vintagerevivals.com/?p=16145#comment-438488 This makes me wish I had an old leather couch hanging around.

]]> By: Lauren https://vintagerevivals.com/12-projects-to-make-from-an-old-leather-couch/#comment-437752 Fri, 13 Jun 2014 00:51:31 +0000 https://www.vintagerevivals.com/?p=16145#comment-437752 As far as saving a couch from a landfill…what happens to everything other than the leather when the couch is shaved?

]]> By: Rachel Rardon https://vintagerevivals.com/12-projects-to-make-from-an-old-leather-couch/#comment-437027 Thu, 12 Jun 2014 12:27:31 +0000 https://www.vintagerevivals.com/?p=16145#comment-437027 Bahaha. I just read Cindy’s comment ^above^ about the t-shirt. You must! 🙂 Congratulations again on the mention from Domino! You are, no doubt, one of the best! Love that you compiled all the leather projects. The bench is such a stand-out.

]]> By: Cindy https://vintagerevivals.com/12-projects-to-make-from-an-old-leather-couch/#comment-436176 Wed, 11 Jun 2014 22:30:50 +0000 https://www.vintagerevivals.com/?p=16145#comment-436176 You really need a t-shirt that says “I just skinned another couch!!” and has a picture of a skinned couch with its leather hide in a pile next to it. Just imagine all of the conversations that could be started with that wardrobe choice.

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