The Finished Product

We all must have leather in our homes, our cars or even on our person. If you don't, I salute you for standing up for the right to protect animals. I do love animals too, but have grown up differently and use leather, and actually love anything leather.

The first thing that may come to mind is the wallet or purse you carry, probably both. Belts and shoes round out an outfit and while there is a huge variety of shoes and boots available, leather is not always cheap to come by.

Some stars, which of course have more money then they know what to do with, carry around name brand purses costing upwards of $20,000.....just because they can! Or they wear name brand shoes that cost $8,000. Personally, it's made the same way so I'll just take a pair of Baker's and be happy!

The seats in my car are leather, they hold up much better than cloth or vinyl and they don't retain odors, not saying anyone riding in my car smells, but there is the dropped french fry, the hot and humid days, the spilled drink and all that perfume and cologne! The couch in my house is leather but it cannot withstand completely, the cat who jumped up on the arm and was scared he/she clawed it permanently! The patina from years of sitting on it and rubbing body oils on it from your arms have darkened the leather - it no longer matches what's under the blanked thrown over the top :)

But it's durable. You can take your office with you, your lap top  and set it down, spill on it, toss it around and it takes it. You can make another notch in your belt, or downsize your strap on your purse, cram so much money into your wallet that it will stretch to fit - too bad our budget isn't like that - and it will take it and keep on loving you as you continue to abuse and love it.

Cleaning leather is as easy as cleaning your skin - a wash cloth with warm water.