"A book?" I ask (lights go on, bells and whistles go off, antenna comes up).
"Yeah, a book on how to re-upholster stuff"? says my friend, not noticing the sweat on my brow and the frantic search for the SuperPhone so I can immediately search Amazon.
"Yes, and I happen to have one" I say, now having recovered from my OCD behavior regarding the book search.
But alas, one is not enough. So after a pre-dawn Amazon perusing, I have secured a few more books.
There is this one:

New Upholstery
wait here's another, this one...

hold on, just one more, and this one.

We will be able to re-upholster anything my friend.
So open the garage, dig out the chairs and let the work begin.