Hey Guys!! Fun project for you!!
I decided to use the space below my serving bar in my kitchen to make my magnet board. I also decided to make it a piece that I can take off the wall in case I decide to move it around. Here’s what I did:)
I was lucky enough to find a 2′ x 4′ piece of raw pressed tin in Canton a couple of weeks ago. I bought it for $20. You can buy this stuff online though.
I started by painting the tin with Rust-Oleum Painter’s Touch Heirloom White spray paint. I used about two coats to get a good even finish…
I purchased two 8′ pieces of 3″ pine from Lowe’s.
I cut my boards using my hand saw. I cut my top and bottom pieces 4″ longer than the tin and my 3 middle pieces 2″ shorter than the tin… two boards were 52″ and three were 22″. You do not need a power saw to cut this stuff. It took me less than 5 minutes, the saw only costs $12 and it was a bit of an arm workout:)
Now to attach everything… I used my trusty Gorilla wood glue to attach the edges together.
And then used L-brackets to secure all my corners…
After you finished this part it will look like this…
I just used glue without the L brackets for my middle piece and let everything dry good. I wasn’t too concerned about how pretty everything looked because I knew I would be distressing and adding glaze.
My next step was to paint the wood with the same paint and let it dry.
I then used my 3M block sander with 80 grit paper to distress my edges.
When I was finished it looked like this…
Then I took some Minwax Dark Walnut stain to all the raw edges just to make them stand out…
My next step was to attach the tin to the wood. I used small finishing nails and my pink hammer to put a nail every 6″ where the pattern repeated…
When I was finished it looked like this…
Can you guess my next step;)
Ralph Lauren Smoke Glaze…. Just paint it on and wipe it off…
It looked like this when I got it all rubbed in…
Here’s a picture of the whole thing…
I knew I wanted to add a little something so I found this iron scrolly at Hobby Lobby for $3.
I attached it to the top using wood screws.
To cover up my ugly silver screws I cut the nails of two furniture nail heads and super glued them on top of the screws…
I was all finished at this point… I just added a D-ring to each side of the back. I measured for the wholes in my wall and hung it up. I LOVE it:)!!
I will be making some fun magnets for it and will share that in one of my next posts. What do you think??
As you can see… I finished my magnets!! To see a tutorial on these cuties just click HERE!
I love canton…I just started looking at your blog and could tell you were a Texan who frequented good 'ol Canton! My inspiration all comes from Canton, and Ballard, love your blog!
I'll be featuring this as a favorite link on Poppies at Play from last weeks Creative Cats!
Thanks!
~Andy
What do we think? We think it's GOR-GEOUS! (The "we" in this case being me, myself and I:) I absolutely love the tin. I want to do that in my dining room ceiling…someday. Absolutely LOVE it!
Ca-ute! I bet some kiddos would love playing with that!
Love the letters! I used the same technique to make numbers for my magnetized chalkboard calendar, but mine weren't so fancy. I like yours so much better!
Whitney, this is so awesome! I love how you did this and how you put everything together {and what a fabulous job on the paint treatment!} The fact that it's portable makes it all the more wonderful… It's perfect!!!!
Thank you for the shout out – you are too sweet!
I like it very much! That would fill a big space on a small wall in my butler's pantry!
what a creative idea, it came out perfect, so unique, love it
It is hard to believe how terrific that came out!! It looks so old!! I don't know if you want to put any magnets on it….seems like a shame to cover that up!!
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FAB!!!!!!!!
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What a fun idea!
Happy Met Monday…
XO,
Sheila 🙂
WOW! This looks fantastic! I love the paint treatment, and don't you just love that gorilla glue!?!?!? They make tape too! I've been using it on everything! LOL! Hope you can check out my blog soon, the first of the many interior shots of the house now that I'm having better luck with my camera. The first of the series is up now!
awesome job… it looks perfect where you put it… love it
@cheapchichome. This is both pretty and functional. I want one! Do you girls ever sleep?!