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If you’ve been following me for awhile you’ll know that I am crazy for gingham fabric.

I don’t know what it is, but it just speaks to me and I LOVE it!

And, OH…and how I wish I had a picture (or maybe I don’t!) of me wearing a gingham suit — yes a SUIT — I had in the early 90s.  It was YELLOW gingham!  Can you just DIE?!  Yes, I owned and wore a yellow gingham suit to work back in the day!  Was I crazy?!!

I just did a quick Google search and found this on ebay (it’s already sold so don’t get too excited):

It’s very similar to the one I wore.  It certainly was cheerful!  lol

Anyway…I’m not talking about fashion today — I am talking about some fabric that I am TOTALLY excited about!

Yesterday on my Facebook page I posted a link to The Enchanted Home.  I’m so happy to know I’m not the only one crazy about checks.

In her post I saw this picture:

This was after I read a post on The Lettered Cottage and was swooning over this:

She was posting about her new feed sack pillow (which is adorable and I totally love it) but, of course, I zeroed in on that adorable checked throw!

And, then, it hit me.  The brown buffalo check fabric would be perfect in my dining room.

Last fall, I posted about wanting to make slipcovers for my upholstered chairs.  I bought white twill fabric thinking they would be so easy to launder and would be so practical that way.

I absolutely loved this set-up at the Wisteria store when I stopped by last fall. (If you are ever in Dallas you MUST go to this store!)

It’s part of the reason why I wanted white chairs in my dining room.

Aside from being a little daunted by the task of making six slipcovers, I just couldn’t completely pull the trigger on this DIY.  The white fabric wasn’t coming together with all the other elements I wanted.  It looked great in the store and on other blogs, but I just couldn’t get it together in my head for my own home.  Does that ever happen to you?

So, I’ve been browsing Pinterest, blogs and magazines trying to come up with the right combination to complete my dining room chair transformation.

When I saw these chairs I was sooo excited!

I had already considered checked fabric but the color brown hadn’t occurred to me.  But now, I think the brown check versus all the other color possibilities will be the perfect rustic match between my husband’s taste and my own.

Truthfully, I don’t think he would pick gingham in any color, but it won’t be offensive and I think it will help pull all the elements together.

Here’s the mood board that just came together after I discovered the fabric chairs: