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Signature Service · Since 1976

LEATHER REPLACEMENT & REUPHOLSTERY

Full leather reupholstery, panel replacement, and hide-by-hide restoration for Los Angeles and Orange County. We work exclusively with genuine leather — American hides tanned in France — not the recycled or bonded "leather" being sold in most furniture stores today. Every piece is rebuilt in our Santa Fe Springs workshop. Pricing varies by project.

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Years, One Family

Since 1976

4.9★

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AVAILABLE

Pickup & Delivery

Within 25 min of Santa Fe Springs

Generations

Grant & Nathan Rahn today

Craftsman touching up dye on a caramel-brown leather cushion

About the leather we use: everything we install is real hide. Our house line is American cattle leather, sent to a tannery in France that has been finishing hides for over a century. That means top-grain and full-grain aniline and semi-aniline options with the natural grain intact — not the coated "vegan leather," bonded leather, or PU-recycled material that dominates today's showrooms. Those materials look right on day one and delaminate inside three years. Real leather patinas for decades and can be re-conditioned. If you want the sofa to outlive the couch cushions that came before it, this is the material we specify.

To be clear about what we do: we replace leather, we do not do leather repair. If the hide is cracked, torn, worn through, or delaminating, the answer is new leather — a replaced panel, a re-hidden cushion, or a full reupholstery — not a patch or a surface touch-up that fails again in a year. Over 50 years we have seen what mobile touch-up services leave behind, and we would rather do it once, properly.

Everything is done in our Santa Fe Springs shop: the piece is stripped, the frame and springs are checked and rebuilt if needed, new foam goes in, and the new hide is pattern-cut, sewn, and fitted by hand. For built-in banquettes and commercial lobby seating too large to transport, we can work on site.

Shop visits are by appointment — call and we'll schedule your free evaluation — and pickup and delivery are available across LA and Orange County. We are the approved vendor for major insurance carriers including AutoClub, State Farm, Allstate, Mercury, USAA, Chubb, and Safeco.

Leather Services

What we do in leather.

Full Leather Reupholstery

Strip, reline, re-spring, new foam, new hide. The leather can be anything from Italian full-grain to a custom-selected top-grain hide, cut and sewn in our shop.

Cushion Re-Hide & Panel Replacement

When a section is worn out, we source matching or complementary hides and replace individual panels, cushion covers, or arm caps rather than re-covering the whole piece.

New Leather Selection & Color Matching

Real hide only — American leather tanned in France. We help you choose grade, color, and finish, and match the new hide to the rest of your set before anything is cut.

Frame & Structural Rebuild Under Leather

Loose joints, cracked frames, broken webbing, collapsed seats. We strip the leather, rebuild the frame and springs, replace the foam, and re-upholster — often for less than new retail.

Fabric-to-Leather Conversion

Have a frame you love in fabric? We can re-upholster the same piece in leather, or the other way around, and rebuild the interior while it is open.

Patina & Wax Finish

For vintage and antique leather worth keeping as-is — gentle cleaning, museum-grade conditioner, and a hand-waxed finish that preserves the patina instead of covering it.

Handle & Strap Covers

Replacement straps, buckles, and footrest-grade closures, in proper-gauge hardware and matching hide.

Commercial & Hospitality

Restaurants, hotels, law offices, medical exam furniture, educational chairs. Reupholstery at a fraction of new, with fast turnaround available.

Our Process

New leather, from photo to your door.

Send Photos or Schedule Pickup

Text, email, or call. Pickup available across LA and OC.

In-Shop Evaluation

We assess the leather type, grade, finish, and condition, and confirm what needs replacing.

Free Written Estimate

Clear line-item estimate with timeline. Pricing varies by project.

Confirm & We Begin

No work starts without your written OK. Most projects run 2–4 weeks depending on hide selection.

Strip & Re-Hide

Work performed in our shop by experienced craftsmen using professional materials.

Quality Check & Conditioning

Final inspection, conditioning, and UV-protective treatment.

Delivery Available

We deliver back to your door.

Hand-mixed leather dyes matched to the original hide

Hand-mixed dye pots — matched to your original hide before we ever touch the sofa.

Leather We Know

The kinds of leather we work on every week.

Not every hide behaves the same. We identify what you have, then choose materials and technique that match.

Top-Grain & Full-Grain

Premium hides, highest durability. Sofas, club chairs, Eames lounges, custom built-ins.

Aniline & Semi-Aniline

Soft, natural look, no heavy pigment coat. Dye-through coloring means scratches blend into the surface.

Pigmented & Protected

Most common on household sofas. Clear topcoat makes cleaning easy but can crack, peel, or yellow over time.

Bonded & Bicast

Bonded leather degrades predictably. We restore where possible. May recommend full re-hide if the substrate is failing.

Nubuck & Suede

Brushed surfaces require specialized solvent cleaning, re-napping, and careful color restoration.

Exotic Leathers

Ostrich, crocodile, snakeskin. We handle exotic skins with appropriate tools and adhesives.

Automotive & Aircraft

Classic car interiors, yacht seating. We work with automotive-grade hides and marine vinyl when needed.

Honest Pricing

What leather work actually costs.

Pricing varies by project. There is no fixed fee for leather work — replacing one cushion cover and a full re-hide on a tufted Chesterfield are fundamentally different jobs. Here are the factors that drive cost:

Scope of replacement

One cushion cover vs. re-hiding an entire sectional.

Leather grade

Full-grain Italian hide costs more than bonded leather.

Piece complexity

A straightforward dining chair vs. a tufted Chesterfield with nail-head trim.

Interior rebuild

Frame repair, spring retie, and new foam add to the job when the piece is already open.

Panel replacement / reupholstery

Significant projects, driven heavily by leather selection, can range from $500+ depending on scope.

Full leather reupholstery

Significant investment, driven primarily by the hide quality and piece size.

Insurance Claims

Approved vendor for major carriers.

We handle the documentation, photos, and estimates for every claim. If your leather furniture is on a homeowners or auto claim, we’ve done this before.

AutoClub

State Farm

Allstate

Mercury

USAA

Chubb

Safeco

Frequently Asked

Questions we hear a lot.

My bonded leather is flaking — can that be saved?

No — bonded leather cannot be saved, and anyone who tells you otherwise is selling you a coating that will peel again. If the piece has a good frame, re-hiding it in real leather is the right move; if not, we will tell you it is not worth the money.

Do you work with insurance carriers?

Yes. We are an approved vendor for AutoClub, State Farm, Allstate, Mercury, USAA, Chubb, and Safeco. We handle the documentation, photos, and estimates for insurance claims.

Can I change the color of my leather piece?

Yes — by re-hiding it. Because we replace leather rather than re-dye it, you can pick any color and grade you want; the new hide is what determines the color, not a coating over the old one. We will show you options and price them before anything is cut.

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