White Board with DIY Caddy and Frame
White Board with DIY Caddy and Frame
Ever since Covid, my hubby has been working from home, parked in the office I used to occupy. I ended up moving my computer to the basement where I’m closer to my beloved tools. 😀
Over the last few years, the items I had in my former office have been replaced with work books, coffee mugs and journals. To add to the office, hubby’s latest request was a dry erase board to replace some of the artwork on the walls. I wasn’t totally onboard with the idea. White boards are so industrial.
That was, until I found a white board on one of my thrift store scavenger hunts. I just needed to make the board a little less officey and a little more homey.
So, to get my homey feel I’m using a black metal rod from a Amazon returns center which I grabbed for only $2. The white board from the thrift store was $5 and wood for a frame was free from a dump pile.
In my stash of reclaimed wood I had several pieces of this knotty pine , tongue and groove paneling. It’s the same paneling I used above my fireplace in 2022.
To get the paneling to have a nice edge, I’m chopping off the groove side on the left of the paneling above and notching out the right side to fit around the existing silver, metal frame. I just needed to feed the piece thru my tabletop saw a few times.
If you don’t have a table saw, consider just chopping off the groove side of the paneling and affixing directly to the frame (without the notch).
The top board is the finished notch piece.
Miter the edges of the wood paneling to fit around the frame of the white board. I always start a little longer than I need and work from there.
Trim your corners with a 45° cut until they match up perfectly.
Use construction adhesive to attach the new wooden frame to the existing metal frame of the white board using wood glue in the corners.
Align your corners and clamp until dry.
Let dry overnight, unclamp, and you’re ready to hang.
Instead of using picture hanging wire, I screwed the new wood frame of the whiteboard directly to the wall. You really don’t want any wiggling on something you will be drawing on on a regular basis.
Screw on the metal towel bar.
Now for a caddy to hold the dry erase markers and a eraser. My first option was this white metal container. Not bad, but I needed options.
My second option were these metal pails from the thrift store. They would easily hold the white board markers but they seemed to get off balance and crooked rather easily.
My third choice was this shower caddy, again, from the thrift store. It still had a little bit of soap left over from it’s previous life…nothing a little scrubbing wouldn’t take care of. It was the perfect width and would easily hold the markers and eraser that come with a white board.
To take away a little of the shower caddy look, I wrapped the top bars with jute.
OK, it didn’t hang quite as planned but it was nothing a well placed screw wouldn’t fix.
A piece of wood cut to fit in the bottom of the shower caddy prevents the markers from slipping thru and also takes away from that shower caddy look.
Hubby has already begun to use his new dry erase board. To take this picture, I did have to edit out all his notes, wouldn’t want to give away any deep company secrets. 🙄
Until next time, stay inspired.
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I love your creativity! You have inspired me to makeover the metal framed white board in my craftroom!