Kitchen Magnet Board

I was frustrated with how the front of my fridge looked.  With 4 kids the homework clips were out of control, then you add the important phone numbers, wedding invites, baptism invites, birthday party invites....  You know all the "important" things you don't want to forget.  Unfortunately most of my "important" reminders were hidden under other "important" reminders only to be rediscovered a few days too late.  So when we moved I was determined to be organized.

By the door to our garage there is a very tall wall that was screaming to be covered.  I had some left over sheet metal that my husband cut for me, I sectioned it off so there was a space for the family, each child and our weekly menu.  I used a Sharpie paint pen, masking tape, and stencils I made with my cricut to make all initials and weekday names.

Our family section has emergency phone numbers, family invites, etc.  Each of my kids has their own section.  They keep their homework, party invites, activity calendars, pictures... in their own section.  Most of the time it even looks organized!  :)

The menu part of our magnet board is my favorite part.  It makes it very easy for the kids to help me plan our weekly menu.  They enjoy writing down the menu and now I don't get asked a million times what we are having for dinner - it's wonderful!

I used masonite for the menu chalk boards.

I cut the masonite to 2 1/2" x 7" and spray painted them with chalk board paint.

Then I hot glued magnets to the back.

 

This has helped me stay on top of homework, parties and preparing dinner before 8:00 at night :)

Cabinet Door Chalk Board Decor

One of my friends found a bunch of unfinished cabinet doors and was kind enough to give me one.  I was so excited for my new project I forgot to take pictures of each step - blogging is new to me, hopefully I will get better :)

I spray painted the door turquoise then sanded and stained the edges - I LOVE the distressed look!  I sealed the door with a clear spray paint, then I taped off the outside edges of the door leaving only the raised center part exposed.  I sprayed the center of the door with chalk board spray paint.  I put at least 5 coats of the chalk board spray paint because I wanted most of the wood grain to be hidden.

This was a quick project.  Most of the time was spent waiting for the paint and stain to dry.  I love how it looks on top of my cabinets and I can easily change my saying.