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Holiday Home Series: Christmas Menu Board Tutorial


Welcome back to The Holiday Home Series.  





In the dining room, I usually have a round black mirror over the buffet.  I moved it into the living room when I decorated our Christmas mantle.
To fill in the space I used an old mirror I had stashed away to create a Christmas menu board.
Here is what it looked like when I brought it up from the dungeon (also known as my storage room).





I gave the frame a quick coat of Krylon primer and my very favorite Krylon Cherry Red Spray paint, the same color I used for the Christmas Highchair.







After the frame dried, I applied Rustoleum Chalkboard Paint from the can, directly onto the glass mirror. They sell a primer that is recommended for adhesion but to be honest, I skipped that step and it turned out great.  





It was a little early to decide on the Christmas dinner menu so, I hand wrote the lyrics to one of my favorite Christmas carols for the interim. 





Since we have a faux tree, I like to use fresh greens throughout the house for the fresh pine scent of Christmas.




In this case, I picked up a basic fresh pine wreath and embellished it with glittered snowflakes from the Country Living Ornament Collection at Kmart.  
I bought every last snowflake at The Dollar Tree so for this project,
 I had to resort to the $2 snowflakes at Kmart.




My plan is to display our Christmas greeting cards around the menu board using double sided tape.  
Hopefully, in the age of the internet, we will get a few.

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Merry Christmas,

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Thanksgiving Menu




A few years ago, I hosted our first family Thanksgiving in our new home. My dining room was unfinished and lacked artwork. I needed something large for the wall behind the table. I did not want to rush into a art purchase.


So, I bought a sheet of MDF at Home Depot and gave it a coat of chalkboard paint. I used it to write out our Thanksgiving menu and give everyone credit for their special dish. Everyone was flattered. It ended up hanging out on the wall for two years until I found the proper art piece. We used it for menus, inspirational quotes, and messages.


The project cost $15. A variation of this idea would be to buy a larger sheet of MDF and lean the chalkboard.

Happy Thanksgiving!
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