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Jazz up your windows with stylish treatments you can make. Protect your windows by following these tips from a painting expert. Turn a salvaged window into a chalkboard planner.

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Vintage Window = Chalkboard Planner

Vintage Window = Chalkboard Planner

Organize your family's schedule by taking an old window (glass removed) and adding a backer board covered with chalkboard paint.

Fri, 2 Mar 2007|More from Home & Garden
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view of your upcoming week, try this easy transformation. This old 6-pane window frame is getting a makeover to make it more useful. You can find windows at garage sales and flea market, and lots of times, the glass is gone which is actually a good thing in this project. Turn your window over and measure the backside of it. You're gonna wanna cut a piece of 1/2-inch medium-density fiberboard to fit the back of the window . Medium-density fiberboard is a smooth-surfaced plywood that is less expensive than regular plywood. You're gonna wanna paint the MDF with a couple coats of chalkboard paint, which I have already done here, and be sure and follow the directions on your can. And when you're done with that, you're going to attach it to your window . Put the painted side down and line it up with the edge of your window . You're gonna screw it on. I've already predrilled some holes so that I don't split the old wood on the window frame. Screw it in. And when you're all done, you've got a really unique weekly calendar.
8. More Masking

8. More Masking

PAINTING SECRETS: Protect your windows and floors with these insider tips from painting expert Brian Santos.

Fri, 1 Jun 2007|More from Home & Garden
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sure that we protect all the surfaces including around this big picture window . And if you noticed, I've gone ahead and take our masking tape. I framed off the windows so that we don't get any leakage onto the frame itself, but we don't wanna get any paint on the glass or
Double-Duty Dining Room: Decorating in Stages

Double-Duty Dining Room: Decorating in Stages

A three-step makeover helps this dining room work harder than ever without compromising beauty.

Tue, 4 Aug 2009|More from Home & Garden
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things that give it the potential to be fabulous. A large bay window seat creates a perfect banquet. The furnishings are traditional pieces with classic style that will hold up as trends come and go, and built-in bookcases offer floor to ceiling display space for a gorgeous collection of China. This family dining room has a 2nd job as a home office and homework cub. Books, magazines, a computer, and other high tech clutter are crowding this room's style potential. Now, a purple scallop trim dresses up the window's Roman shades. Pillows add color and comfort to the windows seat. A lush rug anchors the dining area in the new scheme and a chic chandelier gives off an inviting glow. Above
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