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Classroom Sprucing & DIY

French bulletin boards:
I have a couple of small storage cabinets in the back of my classroom that have seen better days.
I thought about painting them but this would require a lot of sanding and scraping and I don't think these doors could handle that much work. They are so old!
I decided with my mom (and classroom setup helper) that French bulletin boards might be an option to cover the yuck and provide some display area as well! I think they turned out well!
We used thin board (measured to fit the cabinets surface) from Lowe's along with some batting inside the fabric and then stapled it to the back. Then criss crossed matching ribbon across at intervals and stapled to the back. We mounted with screws then covered them with glued on tack heads.


Teacher workstation:
Not using a desk is the "in" thing for teachers at my school right now. I like the idea because I'm usually beebopping around all day and never at mine anyway; but I need a place to check in and manage my busy day. I came up with a teacher workstation using a poster storage rolling cart and a bar stool. I cleaned out the top 2 drawers for storage (left the rest for posters...gasp!) I added a cute mini French bulletin board for my notes and pictures (it matches my back cabinets by the way!) added a barstool for those rare resting moments and voila!
I love it! It's high enough to keep nosy eyes off my papers and I can stand to work at it (as I'm zooming by).



Fabric covered bulletin boards:
Putting fabric instead of paper on the bulletin boards in my classroom is something I've been doing for about 7 years now. It is more expensive up front but the payoffs are worth it. Fabric doesn't show staple holes, it doesn't rip, it rarely fades and if you get a neutral color, it can stay up all school year long! My classroom is blue and green this year so I decided to go with those colors. Here are some of my boards. My mom helped me cut out fabric letters to use instead of paper letters that rip , fade and wrinkle! What would I do without my mom?!
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