Decorating and organizing tips ???

Question

I keep all of my extracurricular activities on a calendar in my kitchen. Unfortunately, it is nailed on a wall and doesn't look very attractive. I prefer not to use a planner. I need something in front of me in a space that I see often. I have heard of message centers but wonder if they have calendar centers? I am looking for a way to "display" my calendar more neatly and creatively than just hanging on a wall with a rusty nail. Any ideas? Or do you have a better organizing tip?

Answer 1

It depends on what your kitchen looks like....but ..
A fun contemporay look is a metal bulletin board.
This way you can buy it big enough to display your calander along with other important items.

If you have a more traditional looking kitchen...you could buy a peice of wood...the size you want for your bulletin board......cover it in batting......then cover in some fabric.....add some pretty ribbon, or buttons ....( buttons are great for hanging things from)....this way you could go to the fabric store ...buy all kinds of funky sewing notions to add to your board.

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You could hang a large empty picture frame with some fabric for the background ( just stapled on)....could even leave some slack in it to add some cork board behind it....use this as a place to display recent pictures and also your calander.

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you could scrap the whole hanging it on the wall idea and make yourself a place on your kitchen table that is self contained and easy to move during meal time. That way you could store your favorite ink pens and highlighters and a note pad for phone messages along with your calander.

Answer 2

Get yourself over to the FLyLady site!!