Buying your first real piece of furniture is a true accomplishment. Not that futon you used for both your bed and sofa, but your first actual grown-up piece of furniture. The one that looks pricier ...

If you've purchased a relatively cheap leather sofa, leather-bound books or an inexpensive belt, you might own a bonded-leather item. But what is bonded leather? Bonded leather consists of scraps from ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Experts are warning that customers in the market for a leather couch may be disappointed if they don't ask the right questions. The label on some couches may say bonded or ...

So-called "bonded leather" is really just leather fibers mixed with eco-unfriendly polyurethane or polyvinyl chloride. reProLeather, on the other hand, converts leather waste into what is claimed to ...

When I was 10, a carnival barker tried to get me to spend money in her shooting gallery by tempting me with a “gen-u-ine imitation leather” prize. Even as a preteen, I laughed at her honesty. I missed ...

Q: I have an office chair with bonded leather stitched together. Mechanically, the chair is good shape and could last years. But the leather is worn on the headrest and arms, which are attached by ...