Transformation Tuesday: Dry Erase Wall Stripes

If you were frightened by the color of Miss A's new room, rest assured this week I'll show you one of the ways we tamed it down and created a fun feature for her to enjoy.

So here's a look at the "before" with the solid bright pink walls:

I actually got the brainstorm of using the dry-erase board/whiteboard/marker board (whatever you want to call it) on a blog somewhere (I couldn't find the original post) where they used it when they put up board and batten walls because it was relatively cheap and painted. I thought, "Why paint it? My kids would LOVE it!"

Of the four walls in Miss A's room, we're utilizing three different treatments. Crazy sounding, I know. You should have seen the looks the Hubby gave me. But after explaining it to him, we agreed we think it will work out well. You'll have to stay tuned for the final results.

Anyhoo, we put up two stripes of marker board in the corner of the room where Miss A's bed and  desk will go. The stripes are 3-feet wide I think and come in big sheets (similar to wall board) from the hardware store. The websites call them "marker board." We ran them from floor to ceiling. I see her doodling on them in bed, writing reminders at her desk and drawing crazy cartoons and pictures. Just having a blast! I mean, didn't your mom tell YOU not to draw on the walls? Now she can!

Already the artwork has begun—even before all the pieces were up!

This is "The Best Comic Ever." The basic storyline is that dad suffers from "fartitocis" and sets the house on fire. Don't ask.

We are quite tickled with the results, and think she will be, too.

Some lessons we learned:

1. Make sure you communicate what you want EXACTLY to your Hubby (aka personal hardware store shopper). Otherwise he may come home with dry erase paint instead, which may result in tempers flaring and a wasted evening of sulking and pouting. I won't say by who.
2. It takes way more liquid nails than you would think to adhere the marker board to the wall.
3. We did what we thought was logical and started from the floor and went up on the first stripe. We were smarter by the second stripe and started from the top and went down. The logic? It makes way more sense to have your seam at knee height than to have it at chest height. I mean, where do you think you'll do more writing?

Stay tuned for more updates on the transformation of Miss A's bedroom!