Gingerbread House Decoration of Old and Today

Gingerbread Houses Today

• Get resources for printable Gingerbread house patterns, recipes and templates.
• Find out how one community is using a gingerbread contest to raise money for historic homes.
• Come marvel at the intricate White House Gingerbread house.

Gingerbread TV Project

Coming soon to the site: my television project where we did extensive Gingerbread work on a cabin on the island of Martha’s Vineyard.

Project Description:

Bob tackles a remodeling and construction project on Martha's Vineyard, MA, with the expansion of a tiny vacation cabin into a spacious family retreat with an authentic Vineyard Victorian look. The old cabin gets a facelift and a turret room complete with Gingerbread detailing. The expansion is all new construction with an emphasis on illustrating how to use Victorian detailing: from tin ceilings to fancy exterior trim work. Carpenter Bob Ryley crafts an intricate vergeboard based on period illustrations. After exploring the historical Victorian landmarks on Martha's Vineyard, Bob hits the road for more ideas. From quaint shore cottages in Cape May, NJ, to Lucy the Elephant, a Victorian whimsy in Margate, NJ, and on through a host of opulent millionaires' mansions in Newport, RI and the Hudson River Valley, Bob brings the follies and extravagances of Victorian design to life.  

Your Gingerbread Projects

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