Let the Marker Fun Commence

Some time ago I used MDC's IdeaPaint to make a large swatch of wall into a marker board. However, I did not advertise that this big white swatch of wall was 'writing ready' to Little Tomato because it would be far too easy to get 'overzealous' and run over the edges onto the *non-erasable* adjacent wall.

Yesterday we hung the new frame onto the marker board wall in the Learning Room. It is amazing what a difference the frame makes! The marker board paint went from an understated color accent to a BIG statement.

To make the frame, we purchased primed MDF crown molding trim and painted it. It took several coats, as the color is deep, and the primed MDF only comes in white primer (not a deep-base primer). Husband mitered the corners and screwed braces into the four corners. We nailed it to the wall, and voila!  I still need to do touch-ups, but it is at least ready for Little Tomato to wield markers.