The Scrap corner
Every workshop has a space where bits of leftover material from different projects all build-up together. Come explore our little scrap corner as we reflect on and remember some beautiful projects from the past.
Bringing a Mid-Century Classic Back to Life: Restoring a Plycraft Lounge Chair and Ottoman
If you have a Plycraft, an Eames or any mid-century lounge chair that's seen better days, we'd love to take a look. Contact Total Leather Care for an estimate. Visit our shop at 9220 Summerbell Lane, Houston, TX 77074, or call us at 713-776-2090
One of Our Favorite Chairs: Rebuilding an Eames Time-Life Executive Chair for a New Orleans Design Firm
The Total Leather Care team rebuilt a classic Eames Time-Life executive chair for a renowned New Orleans design firm, using original parts collected over decades of service work.
Keeping the Cockpit Classy: Professional Leather Care for Aircraft Seats
Our team has been working with aircraft since the 1980s and is trained to handle your interior with the utmost care and professionalism.
Sun faded leather furniture Repair
Restoring sun faded leather furniture is our bread and butter here at Total Leather Care. Turning back the clock and making your leather furniture bright, soft and supple is what we’re the best at.
Leather cleaning And conditioning
We offer professional on site leather furniture cleaning and conditioning services throughout the greater Houston area in bother commercial and residential spaces.
Hans Wegner, The chair
Move over Don Draper, 2025 is finally ushering in timeless office design for our talented and successful female colleagues! Check out this incredible restoration of Hans Wegner’s iconic chair - so iconic it is simply known in the design world as “The Chair” - with a distinctly feminine twist. We think it will leave you blushing with joy!
Eames Lounge Chair Restoration
The Eames Lounge Chair, first introduced in 1956, has been a fixture of design in bedrooms, dens, and offices for the last 75 years. Our team is here to keep your favorite seat looking as fresh today as it was in the middle of the last century. In keeping with its original intention to be “comfortable and un-designy,” the Eames Lounge Chair can be easily disassembled, even by amateur furniture enthusiasts, making shipping of the component parts quick and easy for cost-effective restoration. Join us as we part ways from fast fashion and disposable furniture and meander instead down the path of intentional and thoughtful restoration of our favorite possessions.
The Marcel Breuer Wassily Chair Repair and Restoration
Our Total Leather Care team has had a close relationship with the Wassily chair since our companies founding in 1988. Everything from leather restoration, maintenance and complete panel replacement has been performed by our craftsman.
Oil Stains on leather
One of the most difficult types of stains or “damage” to work with on leather is natural oils that can accumulate on the surface of the leather in areas make direct contact with the body, such as the armrests, headrest and leg rest areas of chairs and sofas.
Repairing dog Scratches on leather
We love our furry friends, however we know that they can get into mischief and add wear and tear to leather furniture pieces.
Ralph Lauren “Writer’s Chair”
The Ralph Lauren Writers Chair is a timeless masterpiece that balances style and utility. These chairs are a pleasure to work on and restore.
Chesterfield sofa restoration
We have been repairing an restoring chesterfield sofas since our company’s inception in the late 80s. These pieces are classics and once our restorations are complete, our clients are able to enjoy them for many years to come.
Restoring Leather Tables & Leather INlay
Our technical experts have been repairing and restoring leather inlay and leather marquetry since our company’s inception. From leather desks to leather tables the team at Total Leather Care have you covered.
reviving the first nations spirit
Our team here at Total Leather Care was recently tasked with restoring a vintage Native American themed buckskin leather lounge chair and ottoman. This project was not only a labor of love, but our way of preserving a unique piece of 1960s Native American art work.
Hancock & Moore recliner Restoration
Since 1981, Hancock & Moore has been producing some of the finest, American-made leather furniture in the industry, like this dapper recliner which recently made it to our Houston workshop. It’s easy to imagine the owner of this chair enjoying many a contemplative evening relaxing in this fantastic piece. Of course, well-loved furniture necessarily shows its age as time passes, and each piece will need a bit of sprucing up every so often. Our team is always excited for an opportunity to restore pieces with solid bones, crafted by some of the greatest furniture manufacturers in the business, and this recliner was no exception!
Hygge comes to a houston restaurant
There is nothing quite like seeing a room warmly imbued with that special coziness that the Danes term “hygge.” Perhaps it is something about the festive season - crackling firewood, wool blankets, a roast in the oven - that put us in the mood for this winter refresh of a local Houston restaurant. Our team leaned into the holiday spirit while working to restore the fine leather seating throughout this space, giving it back its original, inviting and convivial charm.
the iconic barcelona chair
Our team at Total Leather Care has been repairing, restoring and re-upholstering Barcelona chairs and ottomans at our Houston furniture repair shop since our start in the late 80s.
Headboard Reupholstery project
Our team at Total Leather Care recently reupholstered a headboard for a client that was unfortunately constructed in a poor quality “bi-cast leather.”
Mararlunga sofa and chair set by Vico Magistretti for Cassina
Our team recently undertook the restoration of a vintage Maralunga sofa and chair set by Vico Magistretti for Cassina. Come checkout the results!
Restoring a ranch home Bar & dining chair set
Our team recently completed a re-upholstery/restoration project of an antique dining chair and barstool set. The goal of the project was to re-upholster the old worn material with new top grain leather panels and yet still preserve the patinaed look of a well loved ranch dining chair and barstool.