I'm just wondering what you decided to do with your Italian leather sofa. I have an American made leather sectional with attached cushions, top grain leather, heavy frame, but it's two years old and the cushions are sagging, the leather creasing, and I'm afraid I'm going to have tear in the leather sooner or later.

It's a bear trying to find info on re-stuffing a couch with attached cushions, but from what I have gleaned it involves disassembling the couch, separating the seats from the backs, cutting the dust cover, removing and replacing the seat cushions, re-stapling the dust cover, and re-assembling the couch.

I've been unable to get anyone to come to the house to take a look, let alone give me an estimate for the repair. It sounds way too complicated to DIY, but I believe I'm going to try it anyway. The leather is great, the frame is great, but the poor quality foam is going to make it unusable, so why send it all to the landfill without even trying? Of course my fear is that I won't be able to put it all back together again!

I have a preference for sofas with detachable cushions and zippers hidden in the arms and back.

In this case that would have doubled the life of the OP's sofa since the leather has outlasted the foam.

There is a small chance whatever webbing is underneath has loosened up.

Yes, we all prefer sofas with detachable cushions.

Any input as to how to replace the cushions on a sofa with attached cushions?

I don't know where you live, but you might try a franchised company called Leather Medic and see if they can refurbish your leather sofa.

Thanks Beverly. Wow, what a difference. There isn't a leather medic near me, but I'll take a look at the firms that come up under leather repair.

Ok, well, not much of an update unfortunately. I contacted two leather repair places. Neither re-stuffs furniture. I contacted the manufacturer of my sectional, Abbyson Living, to get info on disassembly, and they sent me contact info for two upholsterers, one in Canada, one in my state. I called the US upholsterer and they don't travel three hours to do this kind of work.

Shocker.

Here's what I don't get. Isn't the leather the most expensive feature of the couch? If so, and this was gorgeous leather, why would they use such poor cushions to begin with? I've had this thing for two years. TWO YEARS. It retails for over 2K. What a disappointment.

Any advice on what to do next? I'm going to start a new thread, more aptly titled in the hope of attracting more responses. Thanks.

AL frames are constructed of pine plywood now, to make the frame strong enough to support the springs and hold together they must stack together so much plywood that they end up with a frame that weights 300 lbs. This not uncommon for many of upholstery manufacturers. Weight does not equal quality.
A solid hardwood frame double-dowelled and screwed is much lighter and 3 times stronger.

So, any advice on disassembly rman?