![]() In my daughter’s schools, computers, scads of them, are replaced every two to three years. Imagine that, a classroom machine so durable and flexible. In the 20 th century, blackboards were mostly porcelain-enameled steel and could last 10 to 20 years. By 1840 blackboards were manufactured commercially, smoothly planed wooden boards coated with a thick, porcelain-based paint. Like many of the best tools, the blackboard is a simple machine, and in the 19 th century, in rural areas particularly, it was often made from scratch, rough pine boards nailed together and covered with a mixture of egg whites and the carbon leavings from charred potatoes. Students no longer simply listened to the teacher they had reason to look up from their desks. The blackboard illustrates and is illustrated. Teachers now had a flexible and versatile visual aid, a device that was both textbook and blank page, as well as a laboratory, and most importantly, a point of focus. Take a full tour of her beautiful home for loads more inspiration.Although the term blackboard did not appear until 1815, the use of these cobbled-together slates spread quickly by 1809, every public school in Philadelphia was using them. We're thinking our very limited drawing skills might not create anything like the masterpiece seen below, but we reckon we could have a crack at creating a decorative chalkboard wall. Insta influencer Theresa Gromski, uses the chalkboard wall in her kitchen just to doodle loads of gorgeous illustrations, switching it up every now and then to suit the seasons. So far all our chalkboard wall ideas have been pretty practical, but they can be purely decorative too. Then, use screws to attach three hooks to the lower part of the wall board, which you can use to hang kitchen essentials on, such as tea towels, aprons and shopping bags.Īll that remains is to glue the cork pinboard onto the organiser with the Bosch GluePen and then to fix the finished kitchen organiser to the wall with wall plugs and screws. Provide further support to the shelf by screwing three wood screws into it from behind, using the tiny holes described in step 1 as your guide. Insert the wooden plugs with a little glue into the pre-drilled holes on the shelf, run a little glue along the edge, and then push the shelf into the plug holes on the wall board. It is important not to drill right through the board and that the plug is fixed correctly.īefore you join the shelf and wall board together, apply blackboard paint to the board and let it dry – this will then provide a surface to write any shopping or to-do lists on. Use a drill bit with a diameter 1 to 2mm less than the size of the plug. Now drill the holes for the two wood plugs in both the MDF board and the laminated wood, using the Bosch Uneo Maxx cordless rotary hammer. Then transfer these marks to the edge of the laminated wood. Midway between the drill hole marks make two more marks for the wooden plugs. Mark three drill holes for wood screws on the line you have drawn, two that are 5cm from each end of the board and one in the middle. ![]() Mark a line on the MDF board where the shelf is to be fixed, leaving enough room for the weekly shopping list above it. ![]() Have the MDF board and laminated wood cut to size in your DIY store.
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