DIY upholstery with leather hide

many moons ago, i was holiday in hk & came across a suburb of what i could only described as paradise for anyone into DIY or arts and crafts or making crafty things...
i was in sham sui po in kowloon, the few streets i recalled were:
Cheung Sha Road
Nam Cheong Street.
these streets and the side streets off it were dotted with shops with full of fabric, buttons, ribbon, feathers, embellishments etc etc - ie craft heaven!
one particular shop - could not remember exact location, was selling leather hides - sheets upon sheets... diff shades... diff thickness...
this was were i got this gem!

with a bit of bargaining... HKD $500+ for a 2.45sq metre worth of deep chocolate, velvety upholstery leather...
bargain!
at the time, it was an impulse buy, thinking, " hmmm... wouldn't it be good if i could reupholster my stools in the kitchen with leather... the vinyl seats are nasty."

nearly a year later ( it has been sitting patiently in a plastic bag)... i finally got my tools out...
i didn't bother to sand down and re-varnish the timber frame... that could be another project in itself later...
i got the "seat" off by unscrewing...

to remove the vinyl with multiple staples was too much work even though i am a proud owner of a staple removing tool (acquired during the carpet removing days)

i simply cut the leather to size, stretched and stapled...

and then...

it was just a matter of screwing the seat back...

the vinyl surely glistens, but the leather is more forgiving in hot humid weather... no more sweaty bums and thighs...
3 more leather seats to go and many more leather headbands / purses / handbags on the way with the plenty of off cuts (it pays of with my over estimation & impulse buying sometimes!)