This was just a little while after we moved in three years ago.
Forget about all of those complicated, expensive and time-consuming lego storage solutions you’ve seen and given up on and just use cheapo clear storage bins instead.So much easier for kids to see everything and it’s a simple enough system that they might even put the legos away on their own!OK, let me just start out by saying that if I was in charge of this chalkboard project, then I absolutely would have gone ahead and done a shoddy job of it.
I ended up asking Chris to make this for Kennedy’s room though, so of course he went and turned a quick little project into a whole.I usually get pretty annoyed when this happens (and it always happens), but this time the extra effort was definitely worth it.I love how this chalkboard turned out!.
If you’ve been thinking about building yourself a custom-sized chalkboard, why not go ahead and make something that’s going to look great and really last?It may have taken Chris a little longer than I would have liked, but it really is kind of interesting to see some of the building methods he comes up with when he’s being so ridiculously detail-oriented about a simple project like this.
Here’s how it all went down!.
Chris set up all his stuff on the area of the driveway that used to be covered in mulch and extra topsoil for about the last three years.I give them a good stare-down every year and this year was no different.
I almost ALMOST actually went ahead and bought one this year, but then I remembered who I was and that coming up with practically free solutions to these things is kinda what I do..I remembered that I have this giant Easter basket already that I picked up at a thrift store a few years ago for $3.
It was a little orangey so I white-washed it with a mixture of Light Antique White Crafter’s Acrylic (DecoArt) and water..I love the kinda French country look it gives the basket.
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