Vaseline Distressed Memo Board

Each month a few of my bloggy pals get together and challenge each other to a fun This month's theme was pegboard and I decided to create a fun addition to our mudroom.

I have to admit, I didn't want to go the traditional route of using pegboard for organizing. I ended up using a project that I had already started and added a bit of pegboard for a finishing touch.





I started by cutting, staining and building a frame. (You could use pegboard for the back of the frame instead of a solid piece of wood, but I was working with a project that I had already started)
Once my frame was done it was time to paint! I knew I wanted the frame to look distressed so I applied vaseline around the edges of the frame before painting.











Once the paint was dry I rubbed off the vaseline and was left with a perfectly distressed frame. No sanding required!
Now that I had my frame complete it was time to work on the inside. I simply glued a piece of heavy brown paper to a piece of pegboard then glued the pegboard to the frame using wood glue.





I finished off the board with a clip an encouraging quote (from my friend Bre @Brepurposed!) The memo board now hangs in our mudroom and is the perfect place to display my kids original artwork or inspiring quotes.











For more information on how I created this custom memo board, just follow the link below.






Original article and pictures take http://www.hometalk.com/10031514/vaseline-distressed-memo-board site