I had a sofa that was faded. The material was mainly linen and was a plain fabric.
I used a product called Fabricoat. The sofa was originally medium blue and I dyed it dark grey.
I took the sofa outside and sprayed the dye on - you can buy all of the equipment online. You would have to do a test patch first
It cost me about £100 altogether (about four years ago) and, although it did dye the fabric it looked a bit shiny. It went on evenly and it didn't transfer onto clothing
I did dye the four cushions covers separately as they zipped off. I used Dylon in the washing machine. I dyed them two at a time and one set came out lighter than the other one, even though I used exactly the same dye.
I have since considered just having new cushion covers made and some arm covers.
I enquired about re-upholstering the sofa but they wanted almost as much as it would have cost for a brand new sofa!!
I think I have seen that you can paint furniture with Annie Sloan chalk paint but I think that gives it a leathery kind of effect.
Here is the link for the Fabricoat:
www.furnitureclinic.co.uk/fabric-products/fabric-paints-dyes/fabricoat-fabric-paint?gclid=Cj0KCQjwlPWgBhDHARIsAH2xdNfBL_Qa15fPXD8EW8uXIeFsi_eFv3Ce61eA9B4IvaY75InQHG29ns8aAjCBEALw_wcB
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