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Something Different in the Dining Room

You've seen my dining room many times.  We bought this dining room suite not that long ago, probably 8 years or so.  Well, recently, we've noticed that the top layer of the "leather" chairs is deteriorating.  Makes me wonder if it's really leather.  For the price, it should be.  Anyway, we don't use it often, and I think I probably failed to condition it enough due to that reason.


"before" of the chairs

So, what to do?  I couldn't figure out what to do to cover the bad places on 3 of the 6 chairs.  So I went on Amazon and found these stretch dining chair covers.  They are a really tight fit and we didn't think we would ever get them on the chairs, but finally we did and I like them a lot.


Ideally, I would have liked them to be a little larger, or more stretchy since they don't lay exactly right in the area between the back and the seat.  But they are usable, and the colors work great in the room.







Do you know of anything that will repair possible "faux" leather.  I really think the company misrepresented the makeup of the chairs that came with the suite.  If you know of anything, please leave in the comments.  In the meantime, I'll enjoy the difference in the look of the dining room.  


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