Cerrado!
As promised, back to the whole point of RocketCityDigs: making the galaxy livable for small-space dwellers. Since we converted the office into the nursery (and we swears, we’ll finish that and post photos eventually), our magnet board has been woefully leaning against the wall in our sunroom. The magnet board itself is a DIY job: sheet metal screwed into plywood, and then half-covered in laminate for the essential dry-erase aspect. All told, cost about $30, with magnets, or considerably less than an actual dry-erase magnet board would cost. I didn’t know what we’d be doing with it until RocketMan said, “So I was thinking of hinging the magnet board to the bookshelf so we can use it again.”
Oh. OK.
(That’s generally my reaction to such proclamations of his home-improvement visions; I’d have been satisfied with just keeping it leaned against the wall until the magnets became a chokable issue for the Agent of Chaos, but that’s why I’m the blogger, not the builder.)
Abierto!
A few drill-noises and hinges later, and presto: a highly-visible magnet board, which, for me, is the very reason one has a magnet board; the last one hung on a side wall in the office, and I never glanced at it twice. Now, while sitting at the computer, I can check the calendar, see the hospital bills that still need tending, and add movies to the DVDs We’ll Buy When They’re Cheap And Used list. It’s a pretty ingenius use of the space, I have to say, although he’d prefer we put stuff we don’t want to see underneath (as opposed to our library; everyone likes to show off their books, after all). As I’ve said before, we love shelves, but shelves underneath stuff? Even better.
I like that! I think some boards may be cheaper, but this will definitely last longer and seems sturdier.