Vaseline Distressed Memo Board

by Katie @ Little House of Four

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.

vaseline distressed memo board, crafts, foyer, organizing

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.

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Hannah V on Sep 09, 2015
Love it!

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- Katie @ Little House of Four on Sep 09, 2015
  @Hannah V Thanks Hannah!
  
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Z on Sep 09, 2015
Thank you for sharing this project Katie. I explained it to someone that wanted to distress something they were working on and I don't think they thought it would work. You proved it does. You have an awesome mudroom!

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- Katie @ Little House of Four on Sep 09, 2015
  @Z I wasn't sure it would work either, but it does! SO much easier than sanding!
  
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- Z on Sep 09, 2015
  @Katie, it's a very old technique. I used to do lots of them back in the 80's, but it's from way before then. I think it looks more natural than sanding.
  
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