Fibrenew Wilkes-Barre / Scranton

Description of Work: replace leather upholstery on arm of lazy boy chair and stain to match

Description of Work: Dick Streever, owner of Fibrenew of the Finger Lakes, impressed me favorably from the beginning. He contacted me promptly in response to my phone message and photos that I had e-mailed him of my two leather sofas. The sofas are 15 years old, high quality and structurally sound. I had bought them at Arhaus and paid $3500 for each. Dick gave me a detailed explanation of what he believed to be wrong with them based upon the photos, my feedback and knowing the process that was likely used to finish them originally. Dick's explanation conformed nicely to what I had read on the subject. He gave me the step-by-step procedure that he would use to restore them along with an approximate estimate. He came to the house a week later to examine the sofas in person and to give an exact price which was nearly the same one that he had given on the phone. He picked up each sofa on separate trips since he said that he could only complete one at a time. A little less than two weeks later he returned the first one. It looked like new --a somewhat deeper shade of brown than the original shade but one which I prefer. The same time frame and results occurred with the second sofa which needed a bit more work such as repairing old cat claw marks and a couple of small tears in the cushions. The results exceeded my expectations. I expect that we will be able to keep the sofas for at least ten more years. If I had to buy new ones of the same quality, I likely would have had to spend close to 10K. If you are looking for a very precise shade and/or markings with the restoration, you will want to make that clear to Dick. I am not certain if his process allows for strict precision but you should ask. The shade we got is slightly darker than the original, as I stated, but we are very pleased with it and find it more contemporary. I could hardly be more pleased with the outcome.