So it's been quite a while since I've posted. I decided to stop my Sunday Supper posts for a variety of reasons. I am currently toying with a few ideas to get me posting regularly again soon. If you want to read an excellent food blog check out my cousin's blog Brady Munch. She is brutally honest and quite funny. The best part is she doesn't just give recipes but explains the techniques and science behind cooking. I highly recommend it!
Any who, I finally completed a fun project this weekend I have been thinking about for months. Mark and I have been in our current apartment for 11 months now. We love the neighborhood and the design of the apartment. We slowly made it our own in this past year. But there is one eyesore in our home that has been bugging us both since day one: the breaker panel. We have a hideous metal door that we can see from almost everywhere in our house!
In this picture you can see our dining room is adjacent to our den/office.
Our office is pretty cute don't you think?
Oh wait, what's that?!? Yep, a breaker panel in the middle of the wall.
The designers didn't even try to hide the panel in a closet or behind a corner or even match the wall color. I HATE this panel because you see it in the office, you see it when sitting at the dining table, you even see it every time you walk out of the bedroom or bathroom. It's visible from 80% of our tiny home. Now that we have decided to renew our lease, I thought it was time to take care of the problem.
I contemplated painting it at first, but I didn't want to destroy the metal door. Then I remembered this idea from Sarah Richardson a few years ago:
She hung a picture frame on a piano hinge to cover an electrical panel in one of her investment homes. So off to Lowes, and Aaron Brothers, and Target I went. I picked up this piano hinge for $4 at Lowes.
As far as the picture I used, I made a small print of Mark's favorite painting, "Parts Per Trillion" by Ed Ruscha. (The original painting, which costs a cool couple million is slightly our of our art budget ;)
I bought a frame for around $20 at target, and had the mat cut at Aaron Brothers. By the way, I have now had mats cut at both Aaron Brothers and Michaels. I recommend Aaron Brothers much more than Michaels. One big plus: if all you want is a basic white mat they can complete the order same day, or next day at the very worst. Michaels takes a week.
And here is the final product!
The piano hinge lets us access the panel every time I trip a breaker while blow drying my hair or using the vacuum :D
I hope you had a fun weekend where you are.
~Hannah
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I have to admit, that WAS quite an eyesore. Well done! It looks beautiful. Dad
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