simple magnet board

FIRST POST!! YIPPEE!!

I have seen magnet boards around the blog world a lot,

but it doesn't make them any less cuter!

I was dying to have a larger sized one in my kitchen where I have a rectangle painted red.

Sooo to begin my project I hit the D.I. (thrift store) for an old wood frame.

I came across this one:

I liked it because it was wood (easily paintable and sandable) and it had a cute pattern.

It also didn't have any glass which saved me a step.

It only cost around $2. (I wouldn't pay more than $1-3 for something like this).

Then I drug my little family for a Saturday outing to Home Depot so I could pick up some:

galvanized sheet metal (found in the duct supplies aisle--there were about three different sizes)

a pack of strong magnets (I had to search for these but I finally found them next to picture hanging stuff.)

and some spray paint...

Since my kitchen decor is done in red, black, and white, I decided to go with a glossy black:

Notice I am not using a fancy spray paint--this can cost me 99 cents!

If this were a piece of furniture, I would use a nicer brand. =)

While that was drying, I traced around the fabulous flower painting onto the sheet metal so I could cut it out.

I then cut it out with my regular ol' scissors which I DO NOT recommend--

it was really hard to cut out and probably not the safest way to do it.

I know there are special shears you can buy that is made to cut stuff like this--I will be buying some soon!

 So now that I got it all cut out, I made my cute little magnets.

I just bought a pack of cute buttons at Michael's.

It cost about $4.

I chose some red buttons and glued them onto the strong magnets.

So, cute, right?

And SO easy peasy!

Now I am ready to sand my frame and rough it up a bit:

Then I put the sheet metal into the frame.

There were already nails in the frame that held the flower painting in, so I just slipped it in those.

Then I added a couple nails of my own to hold it in place.

Then I flipped it over...

and it's done!

Here's it hanging in my kitchen:

I hope you like it!

I love how simple and easy it was!

--Clarissa

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