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    Home » Repurposed Items » Chicken wire memo center

    Chicken wire memo center

    Published by Gail | Published October 26, 2009 | Updated June 23, 2021
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    On Monday's I usually post my thrift store, yard sale, or curb finds. Today, I wish I could tell you about my bargain's from last week, but I can't! I picked up about $65.00 worth of Christmas presents for Jamie (daughter) for 90% off! I was doing a little shopping at my local Meijer store and came across the best bargains. They were in the process of marking things down. I kept picking up items and saying, "I'm sorry to bother you again, but could you tell me how much this would be". I'm not a mathematical genius, but I can certainly figure out 90%. The problem was, the items didn't have a price on them. So I had no idea what the original price was.

    Later that day I went to Home Depot to get a few pieces of lumber. Now, mind you I went a couple of weeks ago and bought a 4x8 sheet of luan for the regular price. Because I work alone, I had them cut it in half to make it more manageable for me to cut on the table saw. So, on this day I look in the cull bin and what do I see??? Yep, you guessed it, a 4x8 piece of luan CUT IN HALF. Gee whiz! It had not been spray painted yet, so I had to ask how much it was. You could have knocked me over with a feather when the man said "$1.01" I practically ran to get me a lumber cart! I bought both pieces. I also got several pieces of 1x4's for .51 cents each, and some mdf for $2.01.

    Well, enough rambling, if you're like me, you probably are only here for the pictures and haven't read a single word I've typed! 🙂 But that's okay, I know you're really busy.

    If you are a regular reader, you may remember my sad story about this broken window. When I removed the glass, I thought sure I would make it into a chalk board. But once I had removed all the glass, it just seemed that this little beaut wanted to be a memo center.

    I ran across a small roll of chicken wire earlier this summer, and put it in my inventory. I love that I don't have to buy this stuff! I bought some yardsticks from Joey's booth at Peddler's Mall for .96 cents.

    This particular window had a double pane of glass in it. When I removed the glass, there was quite a large groove. I cut the yard sticks to width and length.

    I spray painted them white, then aged them a little with some stain. That helped them match the window better.
    I folded the chicken wire over the yardsticks and them shoved them up into the groove. I then stapled them in several places.

    I decided that regular wooden clothespins just wouldn't do, so I spray painted some clothes pins in a really pretty turquoise and purple.

    I drilled a hole through the window, stuck the wire through the hole and curled it like I do the photo holders.
    I really like the way it turned out, even though it didn't sell at our show. I imagine that it could even be used for earrings.

     

    gail

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    1. Doreen

      October 30, 2012 at 2:51 pm

      Love this window turned memo board, especially with your yardsticks.

      I made one very similar...check it out at
      http://altered-artworks.blogspot.com/2012/10/framed-in-chicken-wire-burlap.html

      Reply
    2. Lisa@Pickles and Cheese

      October 31, 2009 at 2:09 am

      So clever and I LOVE chicken wire!

      Reply
    3. Andy Porter

      October 30, 2009 at 4:38 pm

      I totally read every word:) I'm excited for your great deal!! What a steal!! I'm surprised it didn't sell. Super cute!

      Reply
    4. michelle@somedaycrafts

      October 30, 2009 at 3:27 pm

      chicken wire rocks! Cute, cute, cute!

      Reply
    5. Tammy of Yarborough House

      October 29, 2009 at 6:09 pm

      You did a window to memo board and I did a screen to a bulletin board. Great minds 🙂
      Love the chicken wire. It is so good to have almost as fun as burlap.

      tammy

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    6. Tammy of Yarborough House

      October 29, 2009 at 6:09 pm

      You did a window to memo board and I did a screen to a bulletin board. Great minds 🙂
      Love the chicken wire. It is so good to have almost as fun as burlap.

      tammy

      Reply
    7. pk

      October 29, 2009 at 1:30 pm

      What a cute, creative idea! I like that you added the yardsticks for an unexpected touch. Great job!

      pk @ Room Remix

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    8. Kimmy @ my beautifully blessed life

      October 27, 2009 at 11:20 pm

      Anything with chicken wire steals my heart and this is absolutely adorable!!!

      Reply
    9. Astrid

      October 27, 2009 at 8:30 pm

      Very nice memo board!

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    10. BlueCastle

      October 27, 2009 at 8:07 pm

      Such a great idea! I love chicken wire. 🙂 Great memo board.

      Reply
    11. Kimm at Reinvented

      October 27, 2009 at 7:58 pm

      Oooh, I love it! So glad you chose the chicken wire, it looks awesome. Thanks for linking up!

      Reply
    12. Marianne@Songbird

      October 27, 2009 at 2:59 pm

      Chicken wire! Yeah, one of my favourtie staples to use. Nice job, love the memoboard.

      Reply
    13. Sarah

      October 27, 2009 at 2:56 pm

      very clever!

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    14. Diane@A Picture is Worth....

      October 27, 2009 at 1:41 pm

      That is so cute. very useful! Thanks for linking with 2nd Time Around!

      Reply
    15. Kammy

      October 27, 2009 at 12:40 pm

      Lovely and so cute !
      Kammy

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    16. jenjen

      October 27, 2009 at 3:58 am

      What a fun project! I love it. Beautiful!

      XOOX
      Jen

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    17. Mandy

      October 27, 2009 at 3:28 am

      Super cute - great job 🙂

      Reply
    18. Jennifer Juniper

      October 27, 2009 at 2:17 am

      I've never seen chicken wire look so cute!

      Reply
    19. Rita Kent at TesoroFino.Com

      October 27, 2009 at 1:47 am

      Doesn't just excite the heck out of you when we take a few odds and ends a create something so adorable and functional?? It certainly excites me. You did a great job!

      Reply
    20. shannon

      October 27, 2009 at 3:02 am

      very cute idea. Love it!

      Reply
    21. Six in One Hand

      October 26, 2009 at 6:07 pm

      I lurve, lurve, lurve it!!!!!
      Very cute indeed!

      Reply
    22. Mayhem and Moxie

      October 26, 2009 at 5:44 pm

      Your blog is simply amazing! I found your link through A Soft Place to Land last week and have been addicted to your site ever since. Hard to believe that so many different and absolutely wonderful blogs link up in one place every week.

      I have so much to learn. 🙂

      -Francesca

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    23. junkermidge

      October 26, 2009 at 3:54 pm

      Another great project! I love everything you do. I HAVE A HALLOWEEN SURPRISE FOR YOU! Visit my blog to see what it is.
      Midge

      Reply
    24. Candace

      October 26, 2009 at 3:11 pm

      What's Luan? I LOVE the cut bins at Home Depot! I went in to get some beadboard last week and he sliced it up wrong and had to get me a new piece. I was just shy two slats for my project, so I headed back in to the cut bins and found two huge pieces marked at 1.01!

      Reply
    25. Proper Prim

      October 26, 2009 at 1:30 pm

      Oh fantastic... I remember your sad story... but it had a silver lining... looks great... who would think chicken wire could look so nice... I love it.

      Reply
    26. Pam

      October 26, 2009 at 1:25 pm

      Another neat project. Thanks for sharing....
      I enjoy your blog so much that I might skip over a word or two....but I read it all the way through.
      Pam

      Reply
    27. Leah@Storybook Ranch

      October 26, 2009 at 1:05 pm

      I never would have thought to use yardsticks-very clever! Great idea, it looks great!

      Reply
    28. Grammie/Mom

      October 26, 2009 at 11:46 am

      Wrong! I read it. I'm new here...been sneaking around a few blogs for a while and thought I better start commenting on them. You're first. The window project is great. My daughter has a love for old windows, so I'll show her this idea.

      Reply
    29. Miss Madison's Mommy

      October 26, 2009 at 11:19 am

      Hey I'm a texas friend! One who is sick of all the rain. I love the memo board you did an great job! I really want to make one for holding my daughters hair bows. Canton is this Friday so I will be looking for a window to use!

      Reply

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