https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-home-decor-projects-bulletinchalkdry-erase-calendar-board Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 25 Apr 2026 07:21:33 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-home-decor-projects-bulletinchalkdry-erase-calendar-board#post-451510 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 06:05:55 +0000 san 451510@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What great ideas here. You're so creative and I love knowing that your kids will always remember what you made for their rooms.<br /> Also love the idea of guests drawing on the chalkboard. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-home-decor-projects-bulletinchalkdry-erase-calendar-board#post-451509 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 06:03:05 +0000 AJ 451509@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow! Such great ideas! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-home-decor-projects-bulletinchalkdry-erase-calendar-board#post-451491 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:30:19 +0000 Aida 451491@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>They do! Someone starts a drawing, and then it grows and grows and grows... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-home-decor-projects-bulletinchalkdry-erase-calendar-board#post-451489 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:25:25 +0000 Anonymous 451489@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Such fun projects! Spray paint is amazing. I've been pressing oak leaves and then spraying them silver to display with white pumpkins.<br /> In a college elem.ed. art class we once made large collages of a variety of found objects...just junk...glued to a board. Then the whole thing was sprayed matte black. The result was amazing. I recently saw large wall panels in a restaurant done the same way. White, or any color would work. I used mostly circular objects for mine and felt it was almost foolproof. The restaurant had used cork screws, corks, and other wine-related objects in their design, then sprayed them grey. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-home-decor-projects-bulletinchalkdry-erase-calendar-board#post-451452 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 03:14:18 +0000 chewyspaghetti 451452@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Carole, I am getting really addicted to spray paint, too! I also did a mirror that I found at the thrift store, and am planning on doing a lamp base from dd's bedroom. </p> <p>Aida- cute idea! Do your guests leave you little notes?</p> <p>I have the perpetual calendar almost done, I will probably finish it tomorrow. Just need to clean it up, hit it with a coat of clear and and put it together. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-home-decor-projects-bulletinchalkdry-erase-calendar-board#post-451396 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:55:24 +0000 Carole 451396@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Don't you just love spray paint! You would be shocked if I told you the things I have used this stuff on, but LOVE it and can't LIVE without it.</p> <p>Love your ideas and the frame you painted is just beautiful, what a neat trasformation and such a useful project! Thanks for sharing! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-home-decor-projects-bulletinchalkdry-erase-calendar-board#post-451389 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:43:02 +0000 Jjsloane 451389@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great ideas! I painted an entire wall of DS's room with the magnetic paint. It works for magnets I print on magnet paper and really thin ones, but it's still pretty cool. As a tween I had an entire wall in cork that I was able to post my Shaun Cassidy posters on. I thought my mom was the coolest and I'm sure your kids will too (until the actual teen years and we all know what happens then :))</p> <p>and @Kim Martha lost me when she made marshmallows. Some things are not meant to be made. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-home-decor-projects-bulletinchalkdry-erase-calendar-board#post-451384 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:38:05 +0000 Aida 451384@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love what you did with the chalkboard! I did the same thing (with the spray paint stuff) but over lightly grained wood for my guest bathroom and it works really well. Highly recommended! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-home-decor-projects-bulletinchalkdry-erase-calendar-board#post-451071 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:05:47 +0000 chewyspaghetti 451071@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una, I have seen the magnetic paint, and I considered doing that too. I figured a magnetic board and a cork board were redundant, though. I started the dry erase calendar. My hand isn't very steady, even with a ruler, but it will get the job done. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-home-decor-projects-bulletinchalkdry-erase-calendar-board#post-451064 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:00:43 +0000 catgirl 451064@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ooh, Khris - have you seen the magnetic paint? These are so cool! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-home-decor-projects-bulletinchalkdry-erase-calendar-board#post-451063 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:59:23 +0000 Anonymous 451063@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ooooo! So beautiful. The blackboard finish looks perfect! I'm seeing a lot of people painting these ornate frames a glossy white for a "mod" look, so you're right in style! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-home-decor-projects-bulletinchalkdry-erase-calendar-board#post-450977 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:27:11 +0000 chewyspaghetti 450977@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting Kim- I never thought to make chalkboard paint. (But then, I would have never thought to make marshmallows, either- that Martha Stewart makes everything from scratch!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-home-decor-projects-bulletinchalkdry-erase-calendar-board#post-450947 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:48:00 +0000 Kim 450947@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Martha Stewart also has a great recipe for making your own chalkboard paint. I've used it and it's good. This way you can make any color chalkboard paint you would like. All you need is *unsanded"grout (Home Depot in the flooring section) and your own colored paint. </p> <p>Here's the link, it's at the bottom of the page, but lots of good ideas here:<br /> <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/271574/custom-color-chalkboard-paint" rel="nofollow">http://www.marthastewart.com/2.....oard-paint</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-home-decor-projects-bulletinchalkdry-erase-calendar-board#post-450622 Sun, 23 Oct 2011 22:17:51 +0000 chewyspaghetti 450622@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OK, here is what the frame looked like when I got it from the thrift store (this is actually the matching one that I am going to turn into a bulletin board) in the first pic. Pic 2 is the finished chalkboard. I used the spray on chalkboard, (but I just saw that they make chalkboard contact paper now) and spray painted the frame lavender and then hit it with a glossy top coat. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-home-decor-projects-bulletinchalkdry-erase-calendar-board#post-450597 Sun, 23 Oct 2011 21:47:46 +0000 Anonymous 450597@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great ideas, Khris! They charge a forture for these types of things already made up. And yours will have so much more "custom character"! I made a fabric covered bulletin board for my son's room years ago, and when he was getting rid of it, my daughter claimed it (even though it was in a *masculine* plaid fabric). She liked the vintage feel of it and the fact that none of her friends could go down to Target and buy one like it.<br /> Now don't go getting high on that spray adhesive..... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-home-decor-projects-bulletinchalkdry-erase-calendar-board#post-450365 Sun, 23 Oct 2011 13:39:00 +0000 Suz 450365@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Would love to see your pics, Khris! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-home-decor-projects-bulletinchalkdry-erase-calendar-board#post-450306 Sun, 23 Oct 2011 04:57:05 +0000 chewyspaghetti 450306@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just wanted to share these ideas and info for anyone interested.</p> <p>I'm making a trio of board for my kids' bedroom, and they are turning out to be easier and cheaper than I would have thought.</p> <p>chalkboards<br /> You can get spray on chalkboard paint at the craft or hardware store (I used a 50% off coupon and got it for under $5) and use it to paint the glass or plastic cover of an old frame. Just scuff it up first with 220 grit sandpaper and wipe it clean and dry- use a couple of coats for full coverage. I found cute oval shaped frames at the thrift store for my daughter's room, and painted the plastic frame a different color.</p> <p>cork bulletin boards<br /> You can buy pre-framed cork boards for a few dollars at office supply stores or Target and cover them with fabric, but I wanted something different. I found a roll of cork at a craft store (used a 50% off coupon and got it for $1.50), and am going to use spray adhesive to attach it to the backing of a matching old oval frame from the thrift store. I'm painting the frame of this one a different color and I think that I will also add fabric to it.</p> <p>Dry Erase Calendar<br /> I saw one of these at the crafts store, and thought it was a brilliant idea, and easy to replicate. It was just a frame with a glass front. There was a blank calendar painted on the back in black paint, and you can fill in the dates/events on the front with a dry erase pen. I am doing this with a larger oval frame for my dd that I also found at the thrift store. I'll paint the frame of this one a third color. You could also back this with some fabric or paper to make it colorful.</p> <p>I wish that I had taken before, and in the process pics, but I will try to post finished pics in this thread. This is a great way to use old frames and make a little more interesting way to keep organized. </p>