A Tale of Two Chairs

"It was the best of times....

it was the worst of times..."

Ok...it's not a Tale of Two Cities....

but, it is a story!!

Last year I was driving down the street,

minding my own business, of course....,

When all of the sudden,

CHAIRS

6 of them

Just sitting on the side of the road

with that beautiful sign on them

F R E E

ahhhhh

(this, you might call...was the best of times!)

Our neighbor down the way MUST have known

 that I needed

chairs down in our "craft" (ok...junk) room

I only needed 4 down there...

the other 2 - well, they would be perfect

at the ends of my dining room table

soooooo

I took them & brought them home...

where,

there they sat

and sat

and sat

(this was the worst of times, I guess!)

Well...for the next year I searched for a fabric to cover these lovely chairs with,

and while I searched, I had them painted a lovely golden yellow...

and distressed by Miss Jill FFF

(Favorite Faux Finisher)

Well, wouldn't you know that one night I was putting a table cloth

(that I got at TJ Maxx for $12 several years ago)

on the table

and I looked at the chairs,

looked at the tablecloth

(it was like a tennis match there for a bit!)

And

I decided that that $12 tablecloth was cool...

but

would look so much better on those two chairs!

Would it fit?

I measured...

YES!

Not only would it work,

but I wanted to add a ruffle around the bottom,

and....

if I cut the long end of both sides of the tablecloth,

that could be the ruffle

which meant

NO SEWING!

and

the center of the tablecloth could cover the seats...

(this, was the best of times!)

After attaching the fabric to the seat, I just started to

fold and staple the ruffle on to the chair....

AND....

It is DONE

finally!

What a happy little story - 'eh?!!