HomesToLife 2022 Running Leather Types - HomesToLife

HomesToLife 2022 Running Leather Types

As leather upholstery experts, HomesToLife gives you a wide variety of options to find the most suitable leather to create their furniture in. We constantly renew and refresh our leather collections to reflect the latest home furnishing trends.

In 2022, we expanded our selection to over 10 leather collections. Each collection features special characteristics that gives life to your perfect sofa. Join us as we explain the differences between each leather collection, and share some of our personal favourites. 

In order to help you make better decision when selecting our leather, we have grouped our leather collection into 2 categories, family-friendly and natural. 

Family-friendly Leathers

Recommended for family with young children or pets, our family friendly leathers are:

• Highly durable and the easiest to upkeep.

• Family friendly leather can be lightly to fully corrected, pigmented and grain embossed to create a more uniform. This correction process prepares the leather for different finishings. 

• Such leathers are “Protected” with a protective finish which makes maintenance a breeze. 

• Thickness of hide is preserved to preserve the integrity of leather, thus natural characteristics like variation within the hide, scarring and marks may still be visible. 

New Club Leather (NC) | Our best-selling option

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New Club Leather Collection features top grain leather corrected with an obvious embossed texture made from our premium hides. Finished with a layer of protective coat to enhance its durability and hard-wearing properties, minimal maintenance is needed. It provides the comfort touch & rich grain appearance with consistency in quality finished. Available in almost every colour you can think of, no wonder it is the go-to leather for our customers. 

Surface Design: Pebble grain embossing

Colour: Single tone

Thickness: 1.4-1.6mm

Bovine Leather (BV) | The most wallet-friendly one

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Bovine Leather Collection is a fully corrected leather. It is buffed and embossed, with a layer of protective coat applied to enhance colour uniformity and stain resistance. The pleasure of owning genuine leather and the promise of performance at a wallet-friendly price point. 

Surface Design: Fine grain embossing

Colour: Single tone

Thickness: 0.9-1.1mm 

Verona Leather (VO) | Softest protected leather

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Verona Leather Collection features premium selection of leathers that has enhanced durability and colour consistency while remain soft to touch when upholstered. Lightly buffed and finished with a layer of protective coat, Verona leather preserves its natural appearance and remains supple, providing a unique soft and sponginess feel without compromising on it's hard-wearing properties

Surface Design: Natural graining with light embossing

Colour: Single tone 

Thickness: 1.4-1.6mm

Birmingham Leather (BR)For the Vintage-lovers

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Birmingham Leather Collection (BR) is crafted for vintage lovers. It's unique 2-tone appearance is a result of 2 rounds of tanning. First an overall pigment finish , followed by a second round of finishing with micro-pigments and protective coating to give its distressed finish. Birmingham leather is coveted by many for its richness in character, however, the micro-pigments do wear off overtime and develop patina. With appropriate care, it will age beautifully in the years to come.

Surface Design: Natural graining with light embossing

Colour: Two- tone hand tip

Thickness: 1.3-1.5mm

Check out the Symphony displayed in BR Leather online & in stores.

Basel Leather (BE) | Matte and pocket friendly

Basel Leather Collection (BE) features matte finish top grain premium hide leather corrected with an obvious embossed texture. Finished with a layer of protective coat to enhance its durability and hard-wearing properties, Basel leather is also supple and soft to touch, perfect for any living space.

Surface Design: Matte finish with pebble embossing

Colour: Single tone 

Thickness: 1.3-1.5mm

Check out Cetus Sofa displayed in BE Leather online & in stores.

Nevada Leather (NE) | Two-tone favourite

Nevada Leather collection (NE) is a popular option among people who desire personality in their sofa.  A top grain leather corrected with an obvious embossed texture made from our premium hides, this collection features a two-tone finish leather that is soft and supple. 

Surface Design: Pebble grain embossing

Colour: Two tone 

Thickness: 1.4-1.6mm

Check out Palace Sofa displayed in NE Leather online & in stores.

Napoli (NP) | Exclusively for Domicil Collection

Napoli Leather Collection (NP) is an ultra soft, matte leather thats exclusively created for Domicil Collection. Using only the finest full grain cow hide  that is naturally pebbled, Napoli's soft finish is created using micro pigments followed by a protective coat. This is a preferred choice by those who desire the  suppleness of natural leather without compromising on wearability when upholstered. 

Surface Design: Matte natural graining

Colour: Single Tone

Thickness: 1.1-1.3mm

Natural Leathers

Recommended for those with discerning taste and desire the richness of full grain leather 

Made from the finest hides

• The natural look of the leather is carefully preserved to retain the luxurious buttery hand thereby making the leather extremely supple and the natural characteristics more pronounced

• Natural leathers as its names suggests embodies the fullest natural qualities of leather to preserve its superior quality

• Such leathers require more tender loving care and will appeal to passionate leather lovers who appreciate the finer things in life

• In this category, some leathers types will still come with a light protection for easier maintenance

Original Leather (OH) | A natural beauty


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Original Leather Collection is a selection of lightly buffed, aniline leather that is beautifully crafted with natural 2 tone finish. Using hand selected premium cow hide leathers that is very lightly finished, this leather is carefully tanned without compromising its natural characteristics of a pebbled, soft hand touch. 

Surface Design: Natural graining

Colour: Two tone

Thickness: 1.4-1.6mm   

Silky Leather (SK) | Incredibly soft and supple


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Silky Leather Collection (SK) is probably the most desire leather because of its exquisitely soft texture. A full grain aniline drum dyed leather, with a mild two-tone spray effect on the finishing coat, it has a soft sheen that reflects its fluffy soft and rich supple warm touch. Colour shading of Silky also varies from hide to hide due its aniline finishing, which adds to the natural characteristics of the leather. 

Surface Design: Natural graining

Colour: Two tone

Thickness: 1.1-1.3mm

Check out Santa Sofa displayed in SK Leather online & in stores.

New Napa (NN) | Soft, matte and luscious

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New Napa Collection (NN) is one of our finest full grain leather collection that is naturally pebbled. Hand-picked premium cow hides are conventionally dyed, re-tanned and finished using micro pigment with a matte protective coat to provide an even coloration with substantial wearability without compromising its natural characteristics and feel when upholstered into your sofa. 

Surface Design: Matte natural graining

Colour: Single Tone

Thickness: 1.3-1.5mm

Check out Boracay displayed in NN Leather online & in stores.

Woodland (WD) | Vegetable Tanned Collection

HomesToLife Woodland Leather Vegetable Tanned

Woodland Leather Collection (WD) quickly become a favourite among vintage lovers and discerning homeowners alike.

This collection features hand selected premium hides that are specially tanned  with vegetable tannins & vacuum dried to achieve lusciously soft finish that sustain wear and tear. Woodland leather is also loved by many because of its two-tone finish that gives the upholstered sofa extra richness in colour. 

Surface Design: Soft sheen with natural graining

Colour: Two Tone

Thickness: 1.1-1.3mm 

Check out Peace Sofa displayed in WD Leather online & in stores.

Selecting a suitable leather for your sofa can be a daunting process, the best way to choose will be to experience these different leathers in any of our stores. Let our style advisors, who are also leather experts, guide you through each leather type so you can make the best selection for your leather sofa. 

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