Cheese Dome Makeover
April 25, 2012 in Gettin' Crafty
Okay guys – I need your help. Am I the only one that has trouble deciding when a project is DONE? I’m at that point. I just can’t make up my mind!
Should I add more?
Should I distress?
Should I wax with a darker wax?
Should I get creative with scrapbook paper?
Should I chuck it all together and forget about it? (Kidding!)
I found this cheese dome at a local thrift shop a while back. Plain wooden base – nothing fancy. It was mine for a couple bucks. I made a trip to Michael’s and found a wooden candlestick to glue to the bottom. …and yes, a fancy-schmancy-super-gluing-not-coming-off type glue. After letting it dry overnight, I was ready to dive in!
I added a coat of Annie Sloan chalk paint in Old White. Yes, this is the same quart of chalk paint that I’ve used on a dresser, two chairs, a coffee table, a pedestal table, some oars, my wood plank sign, and my bathroom vanity. Man! One quart goes a LONG way. …and there’s still a bit left after this project!
After one coat, it looked like this:
…and by this morning the second coat was dry!
But here’s where you come in. What next? Wax it with clear wax and leave it just the way it is? White, simple and crisp…. Or jazz it up a bit. My last cheese cloche makeover involved some scrapbook paper. I gifted that one to my sister last year. I loved the look… maybe I should do something similar again?
Which brings us full circle in this post…. WHAT next!
Should I add more?
Should I distress?
Should I wax with a darker wax?
Should I get creative with scrapbook paper?
Should I chuck it all together and forget about it? (Still kidding!)
Here’s a looksie at how she stands now. Take a gander and ponder on it a bit. Then leave a comment and weigh in.
(Sporting the vintage pool balls I scored at an auction last summer)
….and here’s a peek at it surrounded by some of my other favorite things:
So after seeing it in it’s ‘natural habitat’, I pose the question again… What next! Leave it? …or keep tinkering with it?
Can’t wait to hear what you think! Leave a comment below and weigh in. Pretty, pretty please!
I really like it the way it is…..although I was reading about a designing trend on Centsational Girl about a week ago called “dipping” that would work great on an item like this.
If you haven’t seen that yet you might check it out and then see what you think. Loved the vintage pool balls – what a great find!
Oh I’ll have to check that out! Thanks Erica!
I say leave it. I love those vintage pool balls!
Thanks Laura! I struck gold at that auction last summer. Grain sack, these pool balls, the chairs… and enough other items to FILL my car! (Woops) I had so much I had to leave some behind for other people to take!
I like the look of the old balls with the new stand. Leave it!
OK….. this is just too timely. I picked up one of those cheese domes at a sale not an hour ago, because I’m the only person in the world with out a cloche. But I wasn’t sure how to change it up. Gonna do it your way. Seriously, the exact same cheese dome.
~Bliss~
I agree with the rest of the gang i say leave it!
OK, it’s unanimous….leave it! I found one of the domes a while back but it was by itself. So there it sits. lonely. sad. needing a bottom. But you have given me the idea of how to take care of that! thanks!!!
Just call me a crafting rebel, cause I’m not a fan of the stark white. It’s just so… perfect (yuck). It needs some character, a little toning down. Those pool balls have a great patina to them and they fight against the stand as if they don’t belong there. They WANT to belong, won’t you please give them a warm cozy nest to call home. (*insert melodramatic music here)
Anyway that’s just my opinion, maybe they look different in person.
I say leave it and let the items under the dome shine! Like those amazing pool balls. They really do take center stage …
Linda
I love it the way it is! Great job and thanks for the idea! Visiting via live.love.rowe ~ Paula from Stuff I Tell My Sister ♥
Love the cheese dome…what a score! Also love the balls! I enjoy the white! Amazing how far the paint has gone! Thanks for sharing and linking up with us @ “Toot Your Horn Tuesday”. Can’t wait to see more of your posts, and looking forward to what you link up with us this week.
Erin