Cheese Dome turned Cloche
Total.Score. I finished my cheese-dome-turned-cloche. Isn’t she purdy?
I am so in love with how this turned out. So in love.
I bought the cheese dome and candlestick at goodwill.
I removed the top of the candle stick (I’ve used it for another project that I’ll post soon!) and also removed the feet of the cheese dome and puttied up the holes with wood filler.
Then I used Gorilla Glue to attach the base of the candle stick to the bottom of the cheese dome base. I used painters tape to hold it all together while it dried.
I glued this project together with Gorilla Glue.
Once it was all dry I spray painted it with ORB paint. It didn’t look very good though and didn’t seem to cover very well. There were lighter patches all over.
So I spray painted it again with gloss black paint. That seemed to coat better and look more even. Once the black was dry I then used the ORB again on top of the black as more of a top layer. I LOVE the metallic shimmer from the ORB.
Ahhh, much better…
Remember those apples I found at goodwill?
I took them and cleaned them all off with a Clorox wipe…
…and then I added them to my new cloche.
I knew I’d love it, but I didn’t think I would love it THIS. MUCH.
Seriously. Not to brag, but can you even believe how amazing this is??
It wasn’t even difficult or hard to make. All in all I spent $4 on the cheese dome, $2 on the candle stick, and a few bucks on spray paint that I’ve used for several projects.
The thing is, anyone can do this. For serious. Anyone can do it. If you can spray paint evenly and glue things together then you can do this. All you need to do is find some cool stuff at goodwill and use a little bit of imagination. Go out and make one of your own!! You can do it! And if you need any help at all, please don’t hesitate to email me.
Did I mention that I LOVE my new cloche?
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UPDATE: 04/04/2010
My idea came from Blue Family Scene.
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Welcome to House of Hepworths! HoH is primarily a Home Blog that specializes in DIY projects and renovations, crafts, and decorating. My name is Allison. My family and I live in Austin, Texas. I'm married to Ben and have two children, a 10 year old son and an almost-8 year old daughter. To find out more or to contact me click 
I have a few cheese domes that I’ve made over but never thought of adding the candle stick. It looks great! I love how it turned out.
It turned out great! I have a cheese dome I’ve been hanging on to, but it’s a large dome, so I’m making it into a cup cake dome.
YES! I love this idea. Now I’ll be on the hunt for a cheese dome. I’ve really been wanting a cloche, but I never would have thought of this as a way to make it! Great job!
What a fabulous idea! I love it! It looks great on your countertop.
Erin
Totally amazing… I want one!!! I must check out our local GW.
I see these ALL over the place…will have to try it! Thanks for sharing…I love how it looks.
How very cute and clever, my favourite combo!
I really love this! Actually, I featured it last week at Life in the Pitts!
GREAT JOB!!! Now, can you make me one?!
Love it Allison! Great job in being creative! I want one too.
Great job! What awesome finds!
everyone must have read your post and are now in the market for cheese domes, because i cant find them now, lol. I do love it!
I have a cheese dome just like that, I was thinking it would make a good cloche. You just made it even better, with the stand. I’m doing it.
I’m not going to lie. I usually don’t like cloches. They make me think of old lady victorian decor but this is actually cool. I’m liking the fruit popped against that black. Nicely done.
Pam @ becolorful
Hi Allison! Great idea. I got recently a cheese dome just like that one at the Goodwill too. I would love to gave it a makeover just like yours. I’m kind of new at re-doing things so I’m lost with the paint “ORB” that you referred to. Can you help me with the paint you used because I LOVE it! thanks for sharing!
This is beautiful! Thank you for sharing and bringing your hodgepodge to my party. I love seeing what you are up to. Hope to see you again.
~Gay~
itsahodgepodgelife.blogspot.com
That really did turn out fabulous! I have such a hard time seeing those “diamons in the rough” so good job!
Love it! Love that is is on a pedestal…or rather you made it into one
*hugs*deb
I love it, so creative and I love the fresh pears! I am your newest follower!
Bonnie
Happy Easter!
FABULOUS! You have every single reason to be proud of this! It looks fantastic and you did an incredible job.
I wish, how I wish, I had an eye for projects like this!
Thank you for sharing @ The Girl Creative so I could find it!
SO fun. Why can’t I find stuff like this at our local thrift store???
Yes, I love it too! This is so crafty, great job! I can’t believe you found the green apples there too! I need to check our your past posts to see what else you have been up too.
She is very purdy! I have been picking up these same type pieces at GW the past couple of weeks and love using them as cloches. And you even found a bag of green apples at GW, I am trying not to be jealous. lol
Apple-solute Love!
Oh yes, girl, you should brag about how fabulous this turned out! I’ve got one of those cheese domes that I painted, but I’ll have to look for a candlestick to make it truly spectacular!
This turned out great. What a thrifty find!! Thanks for sharing at Fun to Craft’s Spring has Sprung Party.
I am in love! I got my cheese dome today at a local thrift shop! Can’t wait. I just need to find the candle stick! Have you shared this with Goodwill on Facebook?
This is amazing! I linked it us as one of my faves! Thanks for sharing! Come back next week at iheartnaptime.blogspot.com
Seen this before and it is wicked awesome! Great work and thanks for linking it up to Mad Skills Monday!
Ginger
SSB
I totally want to make one of these for myself!
You have a great eye for putting things together! It looks fabulous! Plus, you did it right by patching the holes. I’m afraid I would have cheated on that step. Thanks for linking up! Please come again.
I made one of these too with YOUR inspiration! Thanks for sharing it!
Check out mine here:
http://sustainablychicdesigns.blogspot.com/2010/09/diy-cloche.html
BTW…LOVE your Blog! You have such great, simple ideas! I love it!
I have my grandmother’s cheese dome that doesn’t quite fit into my decor, but I love putting fresh baked goods on it…can’t wait to transform it!
Wow! That is too cute! Just found your blog and trying to catch up. I may have to take a break from it tomorrow morning to go to the Goodwill. Ha!
i just LOVE this! I have always. So for months I’ve been scouring for a cheese dome.. seriously, can’t find one anywhere! And last week I FINALLY did for $4 at goodwill……… but I have a dilemma. It’s a really fancy schmancy gray marble one. Can I really paint over that? lol But I suppose I may never find another
I had no idea you were so crafty!! This is super cute. I will be back lots!
I jumped on the bandwagon! Thanks for the idea!
http://lifecraftsandwhatever.blogspot.com/2011/01/cheese-dome-to-cloche-bandwagon.html
I made this following your tute and it is perfect! I found the dome at the thrift store for $4 and a pottery barn candlestick holder at Goodwill for $4 (more than I wanted to spend, but it was perfect). Luckily the feet on my cheese dome were screwed it, so I didn’t have to use filler like you did…I only unscrewed and then got to attach and paint. Thanks so much for this wonderful idea!!!!
Just stopping by to let you know that I linked to you. I also linked this post to this week’s Hookin’.
http://thespeckleddog.blogspot.com/2011/02/diy-pedestal-bowls.html
I linked to this post in mine…thought you’d like to know!!
I love HOH
http://christinasadventures2010.blogspot.com/2011/04/cloche-make-over.html
Allison,
I love your adorable cloche stand. I remember seeing it and when I saw a striped candlestick at a yard sale, I snatched it up knowing I could do something similar.
Would you mind if I shared your photo with a link to your post?
Thanks!
Brittany
I finally, finally found the cheese dome this weekend at a yard sale!!! Can’t wait to get the candlestick and put it all together! Yay! Thanks for telling me how
Mary
Redo 101
I did some name dropping….
http://justsomestuffbyme.blogspot.com/2011/05/desirable-cloche.html
I want one just like it! I LOVE IT!!! I am determined to visit Goodwill & find the perfect pieces for my new project. Although I need to find one big enough to hold the fresh loaf of bread I make each week.