Brown button-tufted leather Chesterfield in a window-lit room

Leather repair Tenafly NJ The Buttons Are Holding It

On a tufted sofa, the leather between the buttons is always under pull. We repair it so the folds stay where they are, in your home.

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Why tufted is different

Flat Leather Versus Tufted Leather

Leather repair Tenafly NJ homes ask for is often on a Chesterfield or a buttoned headboard. Most repair methods assume a flat surface. A tufted face is not one.

Flat leather cushion surface with even grain — Flat panel

Leather repair Tenafly NJ: deep-buttoned leather with folds around a button — Tufted face

LevelOne plane to work across.Crowns, folds and wells at three heights.

SlackLies loose over the padding.Pulled down to the frame at every button.

EvenTakes colour at the same rate.The insides of the folds hide from the spray.

Where it goes first

Damage Gathers At The Buttons

On a flat seat, wear spreads out. On a buttoned face it collects in the wells and opens along the folds.

Cracks spreading out from a tuft button along the folds — Cracks follow the folds

Leather torn open beside a button — Tears open by a button

Empty dimple where a button has pulled through — A button pulls through

Channelled leather with wear along the seams — Channels wear at the seams

One cushion, in order

How We Repair A Tufted Face

Leather prepared for repair on a work surface

01Build it soft and thin

Filler goes in as thin layers that stay flexible, so the fold can keep moving.

02Colour along the fold

Each fold gets its own pass, so the wells match the crowns.

03Seal, then flex it

The finish goes on, then the leather is flexed by hand while it can still move.

Tan tufted cushion before and after scuff repair

04Judge it in the well

The crowns are easy. The repair is checked down in the wells.

Before the quote

Two Things We Say First

Chesterfield stripped back to its frame for reupholstery

Limit oneA pulled-through button

The twine behind the leather has torn. Reaching it means taking the back off, which is reupholstery.

A leather button being re-tied with twine

Limit twoA whole row, not one button

One freshly set button sits higher or deeper than its neighbours. Where buttons are re-set, the whole run is re-set.

Before and after

Tufted Pieces, Repaired

Chesterfields, channel backs and buttoned seats. The folds stay where they were.

Tufted leather tear before and after repair

The rest of the work

Flat Pieces Too

Tufting is the hard case, not most of the work. Plain sofas, chairs and headboards are repaired the usual way.

Where the work happens

The Piece Stays In The House

A tufted back is heavy and easy to damage in a van, so leather repair Tenafly NJ is done in the room.

Nearby in Bergen County

Englewood / Teaneck / Fort Lee / Edgewater / Hackensack / Paramus / All of Bergen County

Questions

Asked About Tufted Leather

Do you come to Tenafly?

Yes. Leather repair Tenafly NJ is done in your home, in the room the piece is in. Send photos first and we quote from them.

A button has pulled through. Can you fix it?

Not from the front. The twine behind the leather has torn, so the back has to come off. That is reupholstery, and we say so before the quote.

Will the repair crack at the folds?

That is the risk with rigid filler. We build the repair in thin, flexible layers so it moves with the fold instead of fighting it.

Is an old Chesterfield worth repairing?

If the frame is solid and most of the leather is sound, usually yes. See antique leather. If it is splitting everywhere, we quote reupholstery instead.

How do I get a price?

Text two photos to (347) 310-7483, one close and one of the whole piece, or use the free estimate form.