Originally Posted by amandasgramma
I haven't got it finished yet, but I was able to find a 6 foot roller shade at a thrift store for $10.00. I bought some flannel and will glue the flannel to it. VOILA - a designer wall!!!!
I saw a similar idea in some or other book recently - they built a nice timber shelf over the roller part and the whole 'design wall' disapeared up behind the timber and you had a handy shelf for stuff above it - I am going to start looking for an old roller blind when Iget back to Ireland!!
I use saucers for circles - all the time!! And jam jar lids for smaller ones.
Wooden spoon handles for turning through and chop sticks for poking (as others!!)