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Clawfoot Tub Shower Curtain Liner Weight Update

October 12, 2019 Allie Ellenbogen
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Hi, Hi, Hi! Happy Saturday friends! I hope you’re having a great weekend - we’re leaving on a trip to Tokyo tomorrow and I couldn’t be more excited (hence all the exclamation points!) We’re going for vacation and will be gone for two weeks. Neither of us have been to Asia before and I’m excited for the visit. Everything is going to be so new and different and a little challenging I’m sure. But, I’m ready to eat my weight in sushi!

Before we go I wanted to share a little update about the clawfoot tub shower curtain liner. If you’ve read this post then you know we’ve been working on this for a while. The Cliffs Notes version is that our main shower is a clawfoot tub, which looks really lovely, but for various reasons is a bit of a pain to actually shower in. One of those reasons is that the shower curtain liner billows in from all angles and sticks to you non-stop. If you’re a regular shower user imagine that shower curtain coming at you from all sides instead of just one! While I’d love to go shower curtain free our bathroom is all original hardwood, so we really need to the protection of the shower curtain to keep it mint condish (aka mint condition. And by mint condition I mean 100+ year-old-wood-floor-that-someone-did-a-mediocre-job-of-taking-care-of condition 🤷). 

The shower curtain liner situation is actually three liners that have been cut to fit the tub. Initially we thought we could get those weighted shower curtains with the little magnets on the bottom. But, we quickly learned those wouldn’t be strong enough. Then I super glued large washers to the curtain inside little pockets, but the super glue didn’t hold very well. Then, I tried Liquid Nail which did a great job but looked gross and smelled truly terrible when I was applying it. We recently needed to replace our shower curtain liners so it was a great time to also try a new approach to the washers. Several readers suggested sewing them on which I thought was brilliant! That’s what we tried this time around and not only do they look so much better - they also seem to do the trick. Of course they’ll really be put to the test when the temperature drops since the cold air in the bathroom mixed with the hot air in the shower causes much more billowing. (my other favorite trick for keeping it from happening is using a space heater when showering - it makes a huge difference I have one similar to this and it works so well!)

Inside of shower curtain

Inside of shower curtain

Backside of shower curtain

Backside of shower curtain

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In DIY Tags DIY, Bathroom, Sewing, At-home projects, How to's, Clawfoot Tub
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Hanging on Plaster Walls: A How-To for Hanging Curtains

January 4, 2018 Allie Ellenbogen
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Hi, Happy Thursday! Is your New Year off to a good start?Remember a couple weeks ago when I shared our new bedroom curtains? And I promised to share a tutorial about how hanging curtains on plaster walls? Well, here it is.

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In DIY Tags How to's, At-home projects, Resources, Old Houses
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A Wall Mounted Bathroom Towel Hook Idea

November 6, 2017 Allie Ellenbogen
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Happy Monday, Friends! Today I have another update on our upstairs bathroom. It’s getting so close to being finished I can’t even wait!So, there was a little drama with these hooks before they even arrived. You see I accidentally ordered them to my old address. IN SAN FRANCISCO. After lots of phone calls and emails to friends in the city, a message to our old landlord, and an awesome customer service experience our old order was cancelled and refunded and we reordered the hooks to the correct address. Moral of the story? Anthropologie stores a default address for your online orders. Be sure that it’s the right one (it doesn’t matter if you’ve ordered things to your new address before, you know, say, the night before 🙈).

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In DIY, Design Tags Bathroom, At-home projects, Decor, Budget Friendly, How to's
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How to Install an Outlet Extender

September 8, 2017 Allie Ellenbogen
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Happy Friday, everyone! Today I’m sharing a project that you might want to add to your weekend to do list. And that’s how to fix an outlet that’s been recessed in tile. It’s an easy project that makes a big impact – the best kind if you ask me!

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In DIY Tags DIY, Bathroom, At-home projects, How to's
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Front Door Window Covering: A Faux Roman Shade

September 6, 2017 Allie Ellenbogen

Happy Friday, friends! I’m excited because I’m sharing a project today that’s been on my list of to-dos pretty much since the day we moved in. And that’s a window covering for the front door.

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In DIY Tags How to's, Budget Friendly, DIY
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DIY Desk Idea for Small Spaces

September 1, 2017 Allie Ellenbogen
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If you’ve been following along with on my Stories then you know that a couple weeks ago Xan and I built a new desk for me. Yippppe it’s so awesome to have it finished, and as I promised I have all the details for you on how to build it. I’m still collecting all the accessories for it and will do a full reveal (hopefully) later this month.

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In DIY Tags Office, Small Spaces, How to's, At-home projects, Budget Friendly
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