art girls: help.
little j is a pack rat. he's also an avid artist and crafter. (kinda like you :)) we have to keep every picture he's ever drawn, every craft he's ever built. and he sometimes produces 3 or 4 masterpieces per day.
i am trying to figure out something we can do here. what are your thoughts on a giant corkboard wall in his room? too messy? too corky? too push-pinny? got any other ideas? he refuses to let me "store" his art in boxes. every piece is special. even the man-eating sunflower with blood dripping out of its fangs.
help me out here ladies.
while you're at it, i could use your help with my OTHER pack rat. the big one who won't let me throw away a tube of caulk that has about 3 oz. of caulk left in it. it's a good thing he's cute.
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actually. ikea can help. they make a little cool looking wire thing with clips, that you could put on a wall in his room. i could help you figure out where :) it's an easy way to hang art, and he can always rotate the 'stuff' to have his very favorite thing hanging at all times!
i'm sure lou will agree.
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20079342
2:26 PM
http://tutusandturtles.blogspot.com/2008/09/rotating-art-exhibit.html
http://www.ohdeedoh.com/ohdeedoh/shelving-storage-kids/displaying-and-storing-childrens-art--098548
http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2009/04/03/more-simple-ideas-for-storing-memories/
lots of good ideas from parents...http://www.parenthacks.com/2009/04/how-to-store-childrens-art-projects-talk-amongst-yourselves.html
just for giggles...http://www.meinplace.com/2008/10/02/cant-see-the-forest-for-theziti/
I love the idea of photographing them all and making a book...but honestly I just have tubs of everything in the kids rooms...
3:01 PM
Cork board with some cool metallic push pins-I have those in my kitchen and office and love them!
7:12 PM
Hm. I'm looking at my kitchen counter and thinking I need a wall-sized corkboard..
6:18 AM
thanks guys. i forgot about ikea, i also like the idea of frames. i've got a lot of empty walls to think about!
7:32 AM
One more idea...
They make magnetic paint. You could paint a wall of his room with it. You can paint a color over it also. Then you could make a cool magnet art project and hang all the art.
Secretly I am dying to use magnetic paint! It also comes in a magnetic & chalk board combo. Could be really cool!
7:48 AM
oh kristie. i think it is destiny. i tried to order the cool wire thing from pottery barn (ikea was only available in the store) and the order would just not go through so i gave up.
magnetic paint. now THAT sounds like fun, with a chalkboard combo. all i need are a couple of volunteers to help little j design it...
7:33 PM
I just did a little checking on the magnetic paint. I found that you have to do at least 3 coats. One lady did 5! It does also have a texture. When people wanted to get rid of if they had to sand down the wall. Not sure how you feel about putting it on a brand new wall. They do have the paint at home depot.
I did buy one of the wire art hangers last time I was ikea. I did not need it but of course I bought it anyway. It is still in the package. You can have it if you want. I even bought a box of extra clips. I can always get another when and if I figure out where to put it. Maybe I was supposed to buy it for you ;)
8:34 PM
hey, i was gonna give her MY wire thingey i am not using :))
6:06 AM
bob...maybe we should give her both of them. I have a feeling he has a lot of art work ;)
I really don't have a cool place to put mine.
6:15 AM
yeah me neither. joshie is out-producing us!
1:05 PM
i think the husband would kill me if we had to sand down a wall. if you guys truly don't want your wire thingys, we will buy them from you. josh just brought home a mitten made out of an envelope, a portrait of his family playing hockey, a duck made out of a sock and a watercolor snowman. helppppp....
2:36 PM
i'll bring mine to the shoot tomorrow. i bought it for my office, but i really do not have room!
if you decide you need two, you can get the other one from lou!
6:08 PM
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