Feeling a bit disorganized? So was Miki, but she pulled off a project to help get things under control. She writes: When you keep on missing appointments (at $150 an hour, mind you) and never seem to remember when your son's soccer game is, you realize sadly that your electronic calender is just a decoration. So! why not make a decorated calender that might be efficient as well? This is what I came up with …
And here are all the details for those of you who are inspired and ready to get organized in a wall-size way!
The only expense basically was the dry erase paint. It costs about $21, but you only need a tiny quantity, so you can keep the rest for future projects.
Other materials are:
1" blue tape
Ruler or measuring tape
1" vinyl letters - about $3 at Michaels,
7 place card holders - $4 at Ross (I bought that a long time ago and never used it)
Any scrapbook paper you have at home
Some spray paint- about $3-4 at Osh
The entire project takes about 3 hours, because you have to wait for the paint to dry and put on a second, and even third coat. You can use stencil letters or stamps instead of vinyl ones, and the bigger the space you have for such a project the better. Imagine an entire wall dedicated to it - you cannot get more organized than that...
Thanks for the inspiration, Miki!
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Wow... Miki must be incredibly short. I'd miss more with this calendar than ever before.
But this is a great idea. I have a big empty wall in my kitchen-dining room "hallway" that would work great for this project.
THANKS!
What an attractive and great idea! I will pass this on to my readers- moms with ADHD! They need help with organizing their families (and themselves).
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my schedule is like REALLLY hectic and im now thinking my medium sized dry erase board in my kitchen could NEVER add up to this..but if i give her a go..what exsactly are the markers your using???
Love it!!! I'm putting up one in my kitchen!
I'm with the great idea bad location crowd. How do you write on the lowest level?
That's an awkward location. Does the ink from the markers stain the paint around it after awhile?
Otherwise, cute idea. White boards are so expensive and I find they never are arranged the way I would like. A great way to customize a dry erase area without breaking the bank.
Dry erase paint? I had no idea! Scheming plans for an office make-over now...
Thank you all for your comments. I am not that short... but that was the only place I had that made sense (next to the computer, and in the center of my tiny home). The only other regular size blank wall I have is above my bed (talk about akward location...) I agree though, that the bigger the space you have for that, the better! The paint doesn't smudge, and if you happen to write on the wall, just use wet ones to erase it. The markers I use are regular dry erase markers - and each child (2 in my case) gets a color to follow their daily schedule.
I'm curious what brand/type of paint you used. I used the Rustoleum whiteboard paint that comes in two parts and you can't just save some for later AND it's a complete crap product that yellows and cracks and doesn't dry erase. It took *forever* to strip it off of the thing I'd put it on too. FOREVER!
I also used that color, but I didn't mix the entire quantity, which means it can still be used for future projects. As for taking it off... well I just put it on, so that won't be soon, but I guess I'll use a coat of primer and then coat that with whichever color I choose
I like the idea , I have been trying to think of solutions for our very small office, this would be a good one, although I think I'd change it up a bit to suit my own needs, and I have a great wall for it , thanks!
They also sell white board-surface vinyl wall stickers- try WallPops or just look them up on Google :]
(There's also a chalkboard variety)
Good lord, I didn't even know there was such a thing as dry-erase paint! This is super creative!
We love the DIY looks you've been posted. We featured quite a few on our Kitchen Central posts lately. Thanks for sharing!