Children's art display and the winning desk chair!

I am not a magnets and artwork all over the fridge kind of mom. I am certainly not apposed to the look, I am just paranoid our stainless fridge is going to get scratched up. So an art display board it is.

Dallan cut me a piece of MDF board and I painted it with some leftover house paint.



Then I gave it a hint of a dark glaze.



I had this cord from a vintage waffle iron that I thought would be cool to have the artwork hanging from.



Next step... spray paint! Am I the last person to blog about Rustoleum Oil Rubbed Bronze? Maybe. Good stuff, though.



I wanted the clips and screws going into the board to not be such a bright silver so they all got a good coat of spray paint.



Here's a little tip- when spray painting screws or cabinet hardware, stick them in florist foam so they don't roll all over the place.



And here's the finished product!


Four kids = four clips. So far Matthew has made about a billion drawings of Angry Birds to hang up. Anyone else obsessed with this game?



That's it!

Before I go a very big THANK YOU for helping with my desk chair dilemma. It was a close race, chair A won by one vote! Several of you suggested a cushion which I never thought about so I am excited to sew something comfy for it. I have already changed the lamp so an update will be coming soon!