The leather turned dark and seemed to have shrunk. Here is a list of my top ten dumbest in no specific order as any one can grab the top spot.

As a leather repair and restoration expert, I receive e mails with photos from people all over the country and beyond. I used my leather ottoman as an ironing board. Sometimes they are seeking solutions for pretty dumb actions that have caused serious damage to their leather furniture.

I was practicing my golf swing and. The leather is totally shrunken and distorted.

I steam cleaned my leather sofa with the upholstery attachment to my steam cleaner. The leather is clean I guess, but it's disintegrating on me. I saw an article on the internet that said to use bleach to clean leather. Names are removed to protect their reputation.

With 23 years experience inspecting leather furniture either on site or in my leather restoration studio, I have also witnessed first hand abuses and hear comments proving that idiocy is an occasional human phenomenon.