Now I Know My ABCs

Before we left Utah I happened into a consignment store to check out the cool, vintage merchandise. I found a few small things I liked and was about to check out when something caught my eye. Next to the counter was an old cupboard door. It was this awful off white color with streaky paint, and the middle sections were painted unevenly with chalkboard paint. But I knew it had potential.

The bad part: I have a VERY strong disliking for chalkboard. VERY STRONG!

The good part: The middle sections popped right out by unscrewing sections of the back.

I sanded everything down, spray painted the frame red, distressed, and inked. Now I had to figure out what to do with the middle sections. My first "brilliant" idea was to spray paint the existing wood pieces with magnetic spray paint. I headed out to HL, spent almost $11 on the can, came home, and got down to business. After meticulously following the directions and reading about it online I used the entire can and... NOTHING! It had very little magneticity (not a word?).  

At first I was pretty devastated, and then a little pissed off. Instead I opted for sheets of metal. It took a while to find what I wanted, at the price I wanted it for, but I prevailed. I had the sheet cut to the measurements I needed and glued them right to the back of the frame.

Lastly, I found some rope at HL sold by the yard. I drilled two holes in the top of the cupboard and strung the rope through. A simple knot at the end of each side of the rope and I had the perfect way to hang it.

The Diva loves "playing letters" and Landon uses it to spell and sound out words. Win win!