I recently came across this post from one of my favourite blogs about a whiteboard. Yeah, Yeah… what’s the big deal about a White Board right? Well maybe it’s time that yoouuu read the fabulous post that I am talking about because having a white board is a super idea and great for everything!

I want to go out and get a super large white board. Heck, I want to make every wall a giant white board. Hmmm… I wonder if someone has invented that yet? I know you can get chalk board paint for your walls which is a great alternative if you want to spend the time and money painting your dorm room! All the power to you, but like me… your online college courses probably comes with a low budget that doesn’t allow you to spend very much on extras and chalk paint ain’t cheap! Plus, I want a giant white board, not a chalk board. However, when I went shopping for one, I was dumbfounded by the prices of these things! I thought maybe $5-$20 bucks. Wronnnng! Thus, I walked out of the store empty handed and determined to make my own!

After a little bit of research – I was back at the store.

But not for a white board, but to price out the materials I would need to make my own and the price is considerably lower, so that light bulb went off in my head again and I gathered up my materials and headed home to make my own white board (dry erase board).

Okay, so what you need is a “Showerboard” which you can find at your local department store. What it is, is basically cheap plywood with a waterproof, plastic coating on one side. Yup, you guessed it… that’s your white board!

Now, of course you could go ahead and just nail this into your dorm room wall and get some dry erase markers and you’re set, but if you are eager to make it extremely cute – here are some extras that you can do!

Instead of buying a huge picture frame (not cheap!), and nailing my new white board into my walls, I decided to go back to my love for Duct tape. Not only is it strong enough to hold, but it will act as a cute frame! I used a designed duct tape that matched my room decor and went around the edges and taped that all up on my wall… and it’s fabulously amazing!