Marker Boards are, in my opinion, over priced. I needed one in the home office, but didn’t want to shell out the $150 for the size I wanted. After a little research I learned that glass and plexiglas are alternatives for the dry-erase board. Glass would have been to heavy for what I needed the board for. Plexiglas seemed like a good alternative.
I stopped by my local home depot and realized I would have to drill the Plexiglas into the wall. It was, however, much less expensive than a dry erase board.
After a little thought, I ran out to Wal-Mart and purchased the largest poster frame they carried, it was $20. But any size poster frame would work depending on your needs. I took it home and simply flipped over the paper that came with the frame. It was stark white and exactly what I wanted. Just one little nail in the wall and I have myself an inexpensive, useful, dry erase maker board.
To compensate for the lack of a marker ledge, I attached Velcro to each marker and a strip of Velcro to the top of the poster frame. Viola! It works perfectly.
February 10th, 2010 at 11:12 pm
nice
February 22nd, 2010 at 10:10 am
what a great idea!! i love this and now plan to try it for myself. this is so useful.