new chair

I want a new chair for the media room. We currently have one 2.5 seater sofa in there.. and I either pull up a stool (we have a couple in the media room for extra seating or wander around or sit next to the client.. not idea

I just want a nice simple armchair.. something minimalist and cheap.. tested out a couple of ikea options and this seems like a good choice. Washable covers etc. 

My concern is if it is white/light etc it may make the latte (pale milky coffeeish off whiteish colour) of the current sofa look dirty. It isn't but we all know what happens to off white when you put white beside it. 

It dawned on me today.. could I dye it? The cover is $30 so I probably wouldn't lose too much sleep if it didn't work ($50 inc dye?) but still..better to think these things through. 

I was thinking.. I could dye it YELLOW (how happy and fun would that be)... I want more yellow in the room and a yellow chair would be COOL. It is sitting on dark gray carpet with grey blinds behind.. perfect? The cover is 100% cotton!

Anyone have any experience or advice about dying.. i googled and I have less confidence now. I have never dyed anything.. so I would love some advice!

Let me know?

Comments

[Kylie]

No experience in dying at all. maybe give it a shot and see what happens! OR - create a slip cover thingummyjig for it?!

[Leonie - Australia]

I am afraid Lanne I have never had much luck dying things, the hot water ones usually work best but then you have shrinkage problems & for something that big you would need something big to dye it in. I also found things went patchy. Having said that I havn't tried it for many years so maybe things have improved. I would try to find a nice yellow throw rug for it. Hope that helps!

[jkhenson]

I haven't done any dying of fabrics. I hope it works! The yellow chair sounds wonderful! :) Good luck! :)