SYTYCD Project # 3 with Tutorial

In a time when aging is fought with miracles creams, injections, surgeries, and thousands of dollars, "old" has lost it's value. Amongst the young and the beautiful, their are aged gems that deserve respect. Hidden jewels that have more character and beauty than any manufactured piece could ever attain. It's about finding a weathered item, and helping it show it's true value to the modern world.

I started this theme with an old window...I don't know it's story, or the many storms that it's braved. It lost it's glass at some point in it's life. But, that did not stop me from seeing so much potential.

Dmitri enjoyed crawling in between the window panes.

And what became of the weathered old window? It will live a second life as a memo board. Complete with a magnetic surface, chalkboard, and cork board! Hooks line the bottom for keys and accessories to fall.

The hooks fall between the original hardware which was left intact. The striped surface is beadboard, which I primed with magnetic primer so that it could hold photos and notes!

Rustic, yet functional. The perfect message center for a busy woman in modern world, while paying tribute to the beauty that comes with age, and the joy found in recycling.

The Tutorial

Supplies:

-a window frame (no glass)

-Corkboard

-Beadboard (cut to the size of the window frame)

-chalkboard paint

-magnetic primer

-paint in the color of your choice

-hooks

Tools:

-Electric screwdriver

-paintbrushes

-box cutter (for cutting the beadboard to size)

-hot glue gun

After cutting the beadboard to size with a box cutter, I primed it with three layers of magnetic paint.

 It took four coats of paint to paint it back white (if I were doing it over, I would choose a different color!)

 I painted turquoise stripes onto it...

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 Then I hot glued the cork board (cut to the size of the window) and the chalk board (a left over piece of bead board with the back painted with chalk board paint). (I marked the locations first with a pen.)

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We drilled the bead board into place with screws and an electric screw driver! It took several tries to get it lined up perfectly. Then we drilled in the hooks into the front of the window (no photo).

 

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