This is a project that I have been wanting to make for a while. I always have random ideas pop into my head while on the computer and never have anything to write it down on. My original intentions were to just buy a dry erase board but after finding out how much they cost for the relatively small area they cover I decided it would be a build instead of buy project.
This entire dry erase board is very inexpensive. To be exact, the white panel board was $13.47 and the 8′ 2×4 was $2.99. Add tax and I’m at $17.61. I already had the finishing nails, stain, and lacquer so to be fair I would say I have right at $20 in it. If you were to buy pre-made molding it would be slightly more but I would guess you would still be under the $40 mark.
Building Options
- I made my entire frame out of one 8′ 2×4. A much easier way would be to just buy some pre-made chair rail molding.
- I made my bottom piece to hold markers. This is not 100% necessary. You can just as easily make the thin molding wrap all the way around the panel and put the markers elsewhere. This may be a good idea for those with children who have curious hands….
- This would look pretty cool painted as well.
Great idea..I need to give that a try.
Nice little project! Serious question though what is the panels manufacture? I ask because I could see some panels being harder to clean than others.
Nice project! Where did you purchase the whiteboard? Our local HD charges $25 for a 2×4′ piece of marker board.
Thanks so much. Just what we needed for a class room.
I can’t find a white panel board that can be used as a dry erase board anywhere in lowes OR home home depot like you’re talking about that’s as big as what you’ve posted. There are only small ones.
I found this one in the paneling section. It was labeled “white board”
This might be helpful to show a sales person at Lowes if you can’t find it: http://www.lowes.com/pd_16605-46498-300_0__?productId=3015239