Dying Leather

A few years ago I went shopping in Paris for a client and bought a pair of beautiful French chairs. I had them shipped over and reupholstered. Randomly, I was at an antique show a few weeks ago and saw the same French antique dealer I’d bought the chairs from in Paris…he actually had a few chairs in the show that were very similar to the ones I bought, but instead of reupholstering them he dyed the leather.

I’d  never thought about dying leather before, but it’s a great way to save on cost and it’s a lot easier than going through the whole reupholstering process. Most leather furniture is coated in a protective leather glaze, but you can deglaze them so that the dyes will take.

There is actually a great guide on eBay that gets into all of the details --

How To Dye Leather

So, now I’m about to start my first leather dying project – turning my red leather chair black!