Dying the Couches

This summer we decided it was time to make a change to our couches.  We purchased them five years ago from Ikea and they were starting to show a little wear and tear.  We would like to get a few more years out of them though so we set out to patch them up and make them good as new.  

Here they are to start with!

Fortunately we bought Ikea because the couches completely come apart making this job a little easier.  

Prior to adding the dye to the couch covers I patched up a few little holes in the corners that had started to get worn.  

Our goal was a dark gray color.  After researching online we found what we hoped would be the correct portions of dye to get the right shade of gray. 

It took several loads of dying to get all the covers through and the correct amount of dye on them.  

Putting the couches back together one piece at a time...

The finished product!  They turned out a little more blue than I had hoped for but overall we are happy with them and should get several more years out of them.

The new couch color did not seem to bother Isaac at all!