Hancock & Moore Architects Sofa
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Comments (4)mdmomof7, I have leather couches that are about 20 years old - I think they are leather craft or something like that. They were expensive and I had about a choice of 400 colors to choose from. These couches still look nice after years of abuse and teenage pizza parties. I have 10 yo Ikea couches that still look like new. One key is the leather itself - beautiful soft top quality leather is gorgeous but too delicate for family and pet abuse. Look specifically for leather meant to take the abuse. Test the swatch with my Sky test - place water, oil, mustard, ketchup and anything else you have that can stain on the swatch and leave over night to dry. Use a scrubbie to scrub the mess off with out getting the swatch too wet. Take keys, a knive end and fork tines and try to scratch and dig holes in the swatch - if it still looks good after all that, it will live well in your home. I know DC has tons of professional advice and I appreciate his depth of knowledge. I know that our leather is thicker and hasn't stretched much which is why it doesn't look all wrinkled. Our couches have no oily marks or stains which I've seen on some. In addition, look at how the cushions are attached and how easy it is to add new stuffing inserts. I haven't had to add any to my couches, but if I did, it's easy to do. My 20 yo couches have springs in the seats, I don't know how I would add stuffing to them if I needed to - I think I'd need a professional upholstery to deal with them. Like DC, my furniture hasn't worn out, I'm tired of it so the 20 yo stuff is going to a good home with my handy man and the 10 yo stuff is going downstairs while I look for something new. My experience is leather is the easiest for a family and pets. I don't think if my couches were fabric they would look particularly nice - in fact I know they wouldn't. I know you'll love your leather too. Sky...See MoreHancock & Moore Leather Sofa -- Suggestions??
Comments (7)You probably don't want to hear this but I would do measuring or use something you have to test that height, first thing I thought of is someone plopping down on the sofa and banging their head on the sill of the window. (I have a living room that is so funky, large picture window takes up one wall, stair rail another, entry to dining area another. Get so tired of only being able to use the one solid wall for a sofa, but I tried the window wall and the sill was definitely a potential head knocker. Pulling it out away from the window a bit just looked silly in my room.) Is that the only location you have and are you dead set on it?...See MoreHancock & Moore older leather chair, maybe H&M sofa,can they be saved?
Comments (2)I dont think your looking at a H&M sofa their. Their should be a label under the seat cushion for the manufacturer, H&M labels all their upholstery. You should be able to buy a hardwood frame sofa, that is double dowelled glued and screwed, sinuous 8 gauge seat springs, Ultracell seat cushions, covered in a durable microfiber fabric, this fabric and cushions would last at least 10 years, the frame, 20 years, all for about $750.00. Delivered...See MoreHancock and Moore sofa - help please
Comments (7)The leather on the back cushions has been stretched. To me it looks like kids have been jumping or sitting on the back cushions or perhaps the family dog sitting on top of the back cushions or they ended up on floor and were used as pillows. This is perhaps an example of where a 40 lb kid, jumping on cushions can stretch and ruin the leather of a sofa. You could also try heating up the back cushion casings with a hot hair dryer holding it about 6" away and moving it around. This may help a little. You may have to bring these to an upholsterer and ask them to recut the back cushion casings. If they are down blend filled back cushions you might try unzipping the back cushions, grabbing the back cushion cores and shaking them up. In my opinion this is a stretched leather issue and not a collapsing cushion core problem. Otherwise the sofa looks quite good. If you just add fill to the backs it will just end up bunching up and moving around and you won't be happy. You could show this to a local upholsterer and see what they say. You might also send these pictures to Hancock and Moore and see what they say. Perhaps they would recut the casings. They may only do this for an original owner. I am not sure. You could also ask Hancock and Moore if they would sell you new cushion cores or even provide them for free. I think they will replace cores for an original owner for free (which I guess you are not). I would send them these pictures. Another possibility is to purchased new back cushion cores which are overfilled (from an online cushion company of which their are several--you can google this), which if properly made could fill up the loose casings. I suppose you could experiment by adding some fiberfill to the existing cushion casings to see how this would look....See Morelivingmydreamtoday
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