After travel, birthday, and kid posts, I am super excited to have a home project to share!
We have a leather sofa and club chairs in our living room that are really, really comfortable.
They're about 6 years old and get a lot of use, which is great.
The problem is, they also get pretty scarred up.
They've been getting worse and worse and I was pretty well resigned to just having scarred up living room furniture.
I looked online for solutions but there weren't a lot of options.
Saddle soap didn't help.
Then I asked our Shoe Repair store owner and he said "shoe polish" like it was the most obvious solution ever.
Boom! 3 minutes later - FIXED!
I've actually touched them up just a little more since this photo.
David rubbed in some regular old brown shoe polish in and we wiped it off with a white cloth to make sure it was not going to stain anyone's clothes. No problem.
Free project with shoe polish on hand and old rags. Awesome!
Love a simple solution to a nagging problem!
32 comments:
My leather chairs are starting to show wear like yours as well. This is a great tip!
Amazing what Kiwi shoe polish can achieve, you should send the manufacturer this link :)
Wow, it looks fantastic! Great tip!
Best,
Gloria
I've been wondering how to fix the worn spots on the leather furniture. Thanks for the great tip! Visiting from Serenity Now Weekend Bloggy Reading.
I'm here from Amanda's party, and I just had to stop and say THANK YOU! I've been wondering how to touch up my scarred leather sofa. . . never thought to ask the shoe repair guy, and shoe polish never once occurred to me! Of course!! Thank you for publishing a wonderful tip!!
Awesome! Sending this to a relative who is having the same issue!
This is an awesome tip! Never thought of that! We would love for you to come share this at our "Strut Your Stuff Saturday" link party! http://sixsistersstuff.blogspot.com/2011/07/strut-your-stuff-saturday-week-2.html
Love,
The Sisters @ sixsistersstuff.blogspot.com
Goodness I HAVE shoe polish here that I can use to fix my hubby's leather recliner, too! Awesome idea!
Becky B.
www.organizingmadefun.com
Organizing Made Fun
Thank you for the tip. We have a black leather ottoman and I have been wondering how to fix it.
Great tip! I need to try this on my husband's chair.
What a great tip! I would of never thought of that.
whoa! i am going to tell my MIL about this! She is searching for a fix on her couch ! great job
Jess
Awesome, i have the same problem with my leather couch i scored for free and i've been looking for a way to fix. Thanks a ton!
Thanks SO much for posting this!! My kids have put a lot of wear on our leather couches...can't wait to try shoe polish!
Thanks for sharing!! Great tip! I have an old scarred leather couch that could definitely use a touch up. :)
This is brilliant!! I am bookmarking this so that I can always remember it. Thanks for sharing your great idea! We would love to have you stop by tomorrow and link up more of your great posts to Strut Your Stuff Saturday!
-Camille @
SixSistersStuff.blogspot.com
Im going to pick a can up tomorrow, thank you!
WOW It Came Out Great !!!
HOLY SMOKES YOu just made my night! Thanks for sharing this amazing tip!
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I just bought a set of leather couches and tried your trick. It worked great! Thanks so much for the idea!
NO WAY!!!! I just saw your leather repair on Pinterest and I can't believe it, but we have the SAME couch and loveseat as your set! Ours is also worn from jeans, shoes, KIDS in general. I have tried a really good leather conditioner that darkens it for awhile but once it dries you can't tell much difference. I will give the shoe polish a try, thank you so much!!!
I am so glad taht I saw this! i have wanted to put shoe polish on my chairs and was afraid to do it! I was going to go for theneutral color, but now I will try the brown for sure! thank you!!
Very smart! Thanks. :)
I have a green leather couch...what could I use for that?
Your tutorial is amazing! I shared it today on my blog. Thanks so much.
Andi
http://crazydazedesigns.blogspot.com/2012/04/10-tough-cleaning-solutions.html
Just found this post through pinterest, and I think I can hear angels singing! I'm so thrilled because we have the very, very, exact same couch, and its middle cushion has been looking terrible, and I have been clueless as to how to fix it. Can't wait to try a.s.a.p.
Thank you!
Thanks so much for sharing this tip! My 3 yr old leather armchairs are starting to look worse for wear and I despaired of getting them to look pretty again.
Purchasing a leather couch definitely is quite popular because new manufacturing techniques have been developed that make this selection less costly than it used to be.
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I know it's been some time since you first blogged this, but I was wondering how your couches are holding up? Has the polish come off on clothes?
Thank you for the great tip!
Margie
This is a great tip... it does work. I've done it on my leather office chair in Black!!! Thank you for sharing.
Keep it up. You have a great place.
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