When my hubby and I were looking at homes a few years back I remember walking into a home and felt like I was walking into a pottery barn catalog. Everything was coordinated and organized in cute baskets and bins. It was fun to look at but probably the reason they were staring at foreclosing. When I saw the growth chart ruler at pottery barn I knew that I could never afford it and that I could make it. So I did clipped it from a catalog and put it in my dream binder--you know the things you did before pinterest.
My father-in-law always says it is easier to make more of one project at the same time. Processes turn into assembly lines and when you make a mess you usually only have to clean it up once. So I convinced the hubby once again to help me with this project. It ended up being a Christmas present for one of his brothers. I did a few things differently than others in blogdom.
First I started my 1 foot mark as the first mark-so this mark is 2 inches long. The smaller marks are 1 inch long. My hubby is 6'5" and I am 5'10" we have tall kids, and I didn't want to run out of room at the top.
This growth chart goes to 6'11"--if my kids go past that then they are going to be giants. I had the hubs stain it, and I painted the lines and the numbers by hand. The lines aren't perfectly straight-but you don't notice until you are really close. I also flipped the numbers so they are not horizontal, this was just a personal preference. We used a pine board, I think it cost around $6. If I remember correctly, my hubby used a mixture of 1/2 mineral spirits and 1/2 polyurethane to put on as a finish. I used a permanent marker to mark the date and name of the child's height.
This growth chart goes to 6'11"--if my kids go past that then they are going to be giants. I had the hubs stain it, and I painted the lines and the numbers by hand. The lines aren't perfectly straight-but you don't notice until you are really close. I also flipped the numbers so they are not horizontal, this was just a personal preference. We used a pine board, I think it cost around $6. If I remember correctly, my hubby used a mixture of 1/2 mineral spirits and 1/2 polyurethane to put on as a finish. I used a permanent marker to mark the date and name of the child's height.
2 comments:
very nice indeed x
Awesome idea. What a great gift as well. Your FIL is right. Where did you place your growth chart?
One last thing...my hubby is 6'5" and I am 5'11" so my kids are bound to be tall too!!! haha!
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