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How To: White Board Fireplace Cover
Sam's February Jumpstart Project 2009

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Title: White Board Fireplace Cover
Name: Sam
Time: Less than an hour, plus drying time
Cost: About $30

A kid-friendly solution to temporarily turn a fireplace an art space. Click above for pics, below for the how-to and be sure to give Sam a THUMBS UP if you find this project helpful....

 
 

Tools:
One white board measured and cut to size, 4 heavy duty magnets, one tube of super strong apoxy.

Steps:
1. measured the opening of the fireplace, and then got a piece of white board cut with an extra inche on each side so that there was some overlap. You could also use a chalkboard or magnet board.
2. Use strong apoxy to adhere one magnet to each corner on the back.
3. Allow plenty of time to dry, we had our board sit overnight.
4. Place white board with magnets over fireplace opening. Now you have a fun place for your child to draw, and your open fireplace is child proofed!

Sources:
We got our white board cut to size for free at Lowe's which was a big help.

Give Sam a THUMBS UP if you find this project helpful....

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Comments (12)

brillant!
and I've always liked those in wall fireplaces, so jealous.

posted by Enamorada on February 25th 2009 at 12:46pm
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great idea!

posted by dgoldman7 on February 25th 2009 at 1:47pm
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So creative.. I love it:)

posted by panicmusic on February 25th 2009 at 3:30pm
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mulit-functional great idea!!

posted by marloweb104 on February 25th 2009 at 3:50pm
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love the way the fireplace looks!

posted by fried1031 on February 25th 2009 at 6:36pm
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Great idea!!

posted by ntb523 on February 25th 2009 at 8:39pm
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genius!

posted by jennyev on February 25th 2009 at 8:52pm
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This project looks easy enough for me to do!

posted by dssmdib on February 25th 2009 at 8:55pm
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very creative! love the idea

posted by jenfer on February 26th 2009 at 1:18am
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This idea is incredible. I'm going to start working on it right away.

posted by Enrico Pallatzo on February 27th 2009 at 9:54am
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Love this unique and creative idea!

posted by Ksratt on February 27th 2009 at 3:18pm
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awesome idea...

posted by helainablume on March 7th 2009 at 6:43pm
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