If you’re a regular reader of Go Gingham, you know I can’t resist picking up a free chair from a street corner. I love chairs! Some might even call it a “Chair Obsession” but either way, there are too many chairs around my house and garage right now. So many chairs that I’m having a… Continue reading Chair Sale
Tag: do-it-yourself projects
Hiding Spots Are My Friend
Our entryway doesn’t have a closet but it could really use one. Coats, jackets, scarves, lint brushes, and shoes still need a home or a place to go. Kids (and adults) don’t always want to take everything to their rooms and many times they’re heading in the door in a hurry. Or heading out the… Continue reading Hiding Spots Are My Friend
Coat Closet Woes
We don’t have a closet in our entryway. I wish we did but old houses can be that way. We do have a lovely hall tree which was in my parent’s house when I was growing up. Due to moving and downsizing, it’s now in our entryway. We used to hang our coats and jackets… Continue reading Coat Closet Woes
Coffee Table Tale
Design Sponge posted recently about tray tables and I was admiring how practical and useful tray tables are. Then I remembered - I have a tray table – that I made. It’s the coffee table in our living room and the table base part used to be a bench. I don’t have the part that… Continue reading Coffee Table Tale
Just Slip-Cover It!
Please stop me. I know there’s probably medication for this but I just can’t help myself. Since our bathroom project is 99% done and all that's left is hanging artwork on the walls, I had to sew this little back of toilet slip-cover. Had to. It’s gingham, it’s on the bias, and it’s using leftovers… Continue reading Just Slip-Cover It!
Light Lanterns for Garden
These sweet little lanterns hang from the lilac tree in our backyard. I bought them at the Goodwill Clearance Center (otherwise known as “The Bins” because everything is piled up in bins and you have to dig around to find your treasures). The lanterns were attached to lights that didn’t work so I removed the… Continue reading Light Lanterns for Garden
Bathtubs in Old Bathrooms
I’ve gotten several questions from readers about our claw-foot bathtub in our old bathroom so, I thought I’d address them here. The first question is about our tub surround that we have in our bathroom. Our tub surround is not a new-fangled “all in one tub/shower combo” that you might purchase at a large warehouse… Continue reading Bathtubs in Old Bathrooms
A New Roof
I’m happy to report that our new roof is installed and finished. I’m even happier to report that I didn’t have to do anything for it. Well, I take that back…I spent 2011 telling my husband that 2012 was the year of the roof and that we were going to pay someone else to install… Continue reading A New Roof
Laundry Chute Evolution
The final component of the bathroom re-do, the laundry chute door, was a real puzzle to figure out. We were really brainstorming about what to use – Brand new door? Custom made door? Build it ourselves out of wood door? Find a used cabinet door? A reader , Laurie, even had a great suggestion of… Continue reading Laundry Chute Evolution
Gingham Drawer Liners
When you love gingham like I do, you’re always looking for ways to incorporate it into a room. Our bathroom re-do was no different and even the flooring is in a gingham pattern but the squares are so big, I don’t think anyone really noticed. One of the final components to finishing the bathroom was… Continue reading Gingham Drawer Liners
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