Miraculous discovery

I've been working for awhile (off and on) on a chair for my living room.

I got it at the thrift store for $9

I've removed all of the upholstery

Sanded it down

Painted it

and now I'm ready to re-upholster

But I'm honestly not loving it.

The style of it...and just how its coming out.

But whatever, I already had the paint and the fabric 

and the chair cost 9 bucks, right?

Then yesterday I went out with my unofficial room designer Mary

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She doesn't like that I call her that because it's too much pressure

But really she is

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Anyway, we went to HomeGoods to find a few things for the mantel in the Big Room

Can't have a naked mantel at the reception 

(even though it's been naked for, oh, six years?  except at Christmas)

We walk in and what do we see?

This

Hey, does that fabric look familiar?

Why, yes, it does!

It's the exact same fabric on the chair in my living room!

So I pretty much had to buy it.

It was similar to the chair I've been working on, but nicer, with more personality.

It's already done (a serious bonus)

And it was a good deal.

Was it $9?

um, no.

But, I can't expect to get all of my furniture for under ten dollars I suppose...

And we did get a few things for the mantel too.

But I might have to wait for Mary to come over to help me arrange it.

Haaaaa!