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Much obliged for all this wonderful advice - this is why the AT community is such a fabulous resource!
We've started with the Dora the Explorer band aid (he, he) and will begin searching for leather repair technicians in our area. The idea of suturing the rip is really quite appealing, especially the thought of using a hot pink thread... why not embrace the chaos? With toddlers and dogs, why shouldn't both my life and my furniture look weathered and and a bit world-weary?!

Hvg001 - the source of the top pic is my living room, where the original crime was committed... the matchy-matchy sofa, ottoman and chair are (embarrassingly!) from a department store that has now gone under. The bookshelves are shamelessly borrowed from this AT post:
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/chicago/house-tours/house-tour-shannon-and-emmetts-from-factory-to-family-007338

And to BreathingRooms, feel free to use my sad, torn little image in your conceptual art piece. It's quite low resolution, but I can email you a higher res pic if you're compelled by it!

Once again, thanks for all the stellar advice!

Oh my, this would be a brilliant remedy for my new place (who knew shag came in fuschia and popcorn ceilings could be glittered? Ugh!) and would be a swell consolation prize for buying such a fixer!