You'd think you'd be spared the copious amounts of packaging that simple purchases always bring when a larger purchase is involved. On the contrary; it seems to come festooned with even more!
The arrival of our last couch was accompanied by two large pieces of ply and a van full of cardboard from ours and other deliveries. Although the delivery drivers were more than happy to take it all away, pondering its future potential meant that we insisted on filling our garage with even more clutter that would one day find its second life.
After this episode, our garage was evolving ever faster into that thing that every garage is: a reverse black hole. Everything that went in seemed to loom larger on travelling through the wormhole that is the roller door. The cardboard packaging was threatening to engulf one side of the garage, bolstered by none other than our beguiling ply boards. Something had to be done.
The idea had struck me long before, and upon a reluctant excursion to the big green warehouse we remembered to buy what would make the idea reality: a paintbrush and some chalkboard paint.
An undercoat and two topcoats later on a sunny weekend, and the project was complete. Being the garage, a frame wasn't really necessary to improve the aesthetics but may well be added later if the wormhole should produce some suitable timber offcuts. Hanging was easy too as it slots in nicely behind the steel.
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