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| The finished product. :) Except that I'm not sure where to hang it. |
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| I got my dad to go with me to Lowes to help pick out (and carry) the wood. |
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| I ended up getting a 1x8x6 piece of oak wood. |
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| Then mom helped me sand it... |
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| ...and I stained it. |
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| The stain I used was called Early American. |
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| Then I used a 90 degree tool to make the inch marks. |
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| I used a black paint pen to make all the marks. I made the "quarter" lines 2 inches long and the "eighth" lines 1 inch long. |
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| For the numbers, I used the font "Century" (size 180). I traced the numbers with a ball point pen & it left an indention that I was able to re-draw with my paint pen. |
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| Then I put a clear coat on top to protect it. |
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| Here is the clear coat I used. |
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| And then I nailed a sawtooth picture hanger to the back to hang it. |
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| Voila! My gargantuan ruler. :) My ruler goes from 6" to 6'6" so I can hang it 6" above the floor. |
Oh...and not related at all, here is a picture of my first purchase for the nursery... number knobs for the dresser / changing table! I am a sucker for anything related to letters or numbers, so I fell in love with these right away! Aaron doesn't see the beauty in them as much as I do, but he's sweet & let me order them. Plus, we have 9 knobs on the dresser... and they came in a pack of 9. Coincidence? Pssshhh, not a chance. :)
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| Vance & Renate gave us this dresser / changing table & we love it! And see ... 9 knobs. :) |
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| Now just picture these not painted red and ... aren't they fun?! |
1 project down. 500+ more to go before July. :)
