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Make your own Memo Board with Chicken Wire

Jane and Sonja
Add some much needed organization to any space with this DIY memo board.
5 from 1 vote

Ingredients
  

  • Solid wood V-groove pine boards 5/16” thick x 3 1/2” wide
  • Miter saw
  • Chicken wire netting
  • Wire snippers
  • Scrap baseboard trim 2 ¼” wide
  • Gloves
  • Sand paper
  • Wood glue
  • Measuring tape pencil
  • Nail gun
  • Industrial staple gun

Instructions
 

Preparing the materials:

  • Mark the pine boards at 24” long. With a miter saw, carefully cut each fence board into 8 even length pieces measuring 24” long.
  • Using a wire cutter, cut the chicken wire so it measures 28” wide by 24” long.
  • Measure and mark 2 pieces of baseboard trim to 28” long with the ends at a 45 degree angle. Repeat with two more pieces of trim to 24” long at a 45 degree angle.

Assembling the materials:

  • Working on a flat surface, lay the cut pine boards in a row budding each piece tightly up to the next piece. Run a bead of wood glue along the long edge of the board and then slide the pieces together. Wipe away excess glue.
  • Lay the cut chicken wire net over top of the glued pine boards and staple in place around the perimeter.
  • Place one long cut baseboard on top of the assembled pine boards and chicken wire and nail into place.
  • Align the next baseboard with the secured baseboard and nail in place.
  • Continue working around the memo board until finished.
  • Attach the hardware to the back side.
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