Using Leather for Car and Home Interiors

There’s no doubt about it, whether you are using leather in your car or you are thinking about buying a leather sofa, there’s certainly a sense and feeling of luxury associated with this natural material. And while we take measures such as purchasing home insurance to protect our homes, and car insurance to protect our vehicles, it’s really important that if you invest in having leather upholstery, you need to take the necessary steps to look after it properly to ensure it’s longevity.

Firstly, we are going to talk about some of the benefits of having leather upholstery in your car and home interiors:

• It’s long lasting. Unlike other materials, leather is extremely long lasting and will easily last a lifetime if cared for properly.

• It’s durable. It’s difficult to damage leather, unless you have a really sharp knife that’s specifically for it! Unlike other fabrics and materials, leather is really hard-wearing.

• It’s soft and comfortable. Leather is known for it’s soft, supple feel giving a real sense of comfort perfect for using in your car or in your home.

• Leather adjusts to your body temperature. Just like our skin breathes, so does leather, meaning that it quickly adjusts to your body temperature every time you sit down.

• Great for those with dust mite allergies. If you hit a piece of fabric furniture, chances are unless you are vacuuming it everyday, a cloud of dust will rise from your couch. Unlike these materials, leather doesn’t hide dust, so it’s great for allergy sufferers.

• It creates a sense of added luxury to your car or home. Leather is luxurious so it immediately adds to the value of your items.

Caring for leather

There are many different types of leather. The softer, more delicate the leather, the more sensitive it will be, so for things like car seats and family couches, you want a really durable finish. Overall, leather is easy to keep clean and looking good as long as you:

• Clean up spills and mess as they happen. If you allow grime to build up on your couch, there is more chance of the protective coatings on your leather to break down faster.

• Use a leather cleaning kit suitable for the type of leather you have to maintain it. As mentioned above, there are different types of leather so ensuring you have the right cleaning agents is important. This could include things that will help moisturise and condition the leather, as well as keep it clean and even give it a UV blocker coating that will stop it from fading.

Leather interiors in cars and in the home can look fantastic. As long as you care for the leather correctly, and carry out the required maintenance, leather can really be a once in a lifetime investment, because if well looked after, it won’t need to be replaced for a very long period of time.