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Martha's wall calendar
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I am not a fan of Martha Stewart, but this idea is an interesting one. She took a section of wall and, using chalkboard paint, created a permanent, reusable wall calendar. With 8" squares, her calendar measures 48 by 56 inches, giving plenty of room for multiple schedules. To create the different squares for the calendar, she used different shades of black and grey made by mixing black and white paint.Personally, I much prefer dry-erase markers to chalk (to avoid issues with dust and asthma) and this same project could be done with something like this dry erase paint to go in that direction. Either way, this is a neat idea for a family calendar where everyone can see everyone else's schedule. Different colored chalk (or markers) could be used to identify the person involved in an event or even to categorize events -- lessons and classes, concerts and movies, medical appointments, etc.
Do you think something like this would work for you? Or is it more trouble than it's worth? I'd love to hear from anyone who gives this a bash!
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1-08-2007 @ 7:36PM
gawdessness said...I have done something like it but far less permanent.
We have used poster board for ours. It has a weekly grid done on it, split into am,afternoon and evening.
Any event that is recurring all time is written directly onto the grid, for other one time or not as frequently occuring we use big square sticky notes to put it on and remove as necessary.
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1-08-2007 @ 3:46PM
LisaS said...Wow ... that's really sharp looking. I agree with you that dry-erase markers would be a better solution. But my big question: what do you do about next month?
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1-08-2007 @ 11:10PM
Sophie said...the only truly erasable surface that we found is glass.
so either you have an old fashion tiled kitchen, and the tiles have that "gloss" glass layer, or you buy a sheet of glass (tempered of course) with 4 shop made holes for screws.
on the wrong side of the glass, draw, paint, glue rubans to create the squares.
on the wall behind the glass, put whatever "desktop picture" you like, including some fabric matching the decor of your kitchen.
so
- decor the wall
- glue felts (the chair feet ones) to cover your anchors in the wall
- screw the tempered (and gridded on the back) glass thru the felt.
- use your markets and windex to clean.
life expectancy at our house: over 12years and still counting.
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1-09-2007 @ 1:24AM
Kathy said...Wow, Sophie. That sounds incredible.
You're making me re-think my recent scheduling idea.
I like the look of Martha's, aesthetically, it's pleasing. I don't know if it would work in our house.
I've recently decided to go high-tech. I've moved all my 'contacts' and family scheduling to Google Calendar. I like that it's web-based and there is no need for syncing (which was really problematic for me). And, because it's web-based, I can access it from anywhere there is an internet conneciton.
We have a family laptop and each child is color coordinated. It's worked really well for me. Also, kids today are so tech-savvy that I'm not worried about the actual calendar being gone... they know all about it.
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1-11-2007 @ 9:35AM
randi said...excited this idea has been so well received! i am the editor at martha stewart living who created this story over the course of last winter and spring. i will actually be on martha stewart's sirius radio channel 112 on "the magazine hour" friday 01-12-07 around noon. it's my first time on the radio ever, and my first cover story. so call in if you have any questions and make me seem engaging! the # to call is 866-675-6675.
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