The Chair Project

I mentioned before that I found another old cheese dome at Goodwill. Since my husband was telecommuting today, that meant that the car was free. I decided to take advantage of this and hit the Goodwill in search of a candle holder to use as the base for my second cloche. At the first stop, I saw this chair:

Then I saw it's price tag.

Yeah. That chair came home with me. It's solid wood. The base is made of steel springs. It isn't even the slightest bit wobbly. I gave it the "sniff test" even. I'm not even gonna lie to you - I was so flipping scared to put my face near the upholstery, due to that germ-phobe/OCD thing, but I did it. It turns out it smelled fine - just a little like Goodwill. You know that smell. Nothing that Febreeze couldn't fix. Honestly, the only issue it had was a missing button on the tufting and that horrible green fabric.

So, later that night I had my husband stop at the Home Depot and buy one of these:

(stupid Blogger turning my pictures again)

A canvas painter's drop cloth. Nice, sturdy canvas. Flammable, but whatever, right? It was ten bucks.

I pulled out the scissors and the pins and got right to work.

Did I mention I have absolutely no clue what I'm doing here? I'll let you know how it turns out.

P. S. I never did find anything to use as a base for that cloche.