A fresh coat of paint makes everything pretty!! Our nonfiction section
had been missing signage for quite some time. Since it is a pretty big space to
fill, we needed something that would really stand out. At the end of last year,
we had a huge pile of foam boards donated to us. We traced, cut out and spray
painted the letters. We love how it turned out!
We added a design studio to our library this summer. The
only thing it was missing…. who am I kidding!?!? It was missing everything!
These tables were taken out of an industrial tech classroom and were heading to
the “warehouse.” This is where old furniture retires. We decided to snatch it up.
Free studio tables! Chris took them to her house and spray painted the legs. We
cleaned up the tops, and they were as good as new.
I had no idea how much large cork boards cost! Way out of our
“free” price range. So, we decided to make one of our own. We taped together
four foam boards, glued on a roll of cork and surrounded it with some cheap
base board! Design on a dime!
Before we made our nonfiction letters, the space above the
shelves was filled with art work. After hanging our nonfiction sign, we had a
lot of canvases to repurpose. We primed and painted them to use in our display
case located in the hallway. Matching ribbon and paper clips hold all of the
signs on each canvas. We love the way it turned out and it's super easy to change
the display!
Oh, chalk markers! How we love you! We added three studio
spaces to our library this year; audio, video and design. We also moved our book
drop. For days, we brainstormed how we could make really cool signs with very
little money. We had used window crayons before, but they didn’t really work out
like we planned. We needed something that really stood out! Another staff
member suggested chalk markers. They were perfect!! Cheap, easy to use and the
colors pop!
Last year we had one Green Screen available for students to
use. It became very popular, very fast. We found ourselves turning kids and
staff away because it was already in use. We just couldn’t meet the demand.
Well, we took care of that this Summer! We painted a green screen wall in our
video and audio studios. The green screen that used to be hanging in our old
space was moved to the design studio. We also purchased a portable green screen
so students could check one out and take it home with them. Now we are up to 4
green screens. We’ll see how that meets demand!
Our library was totally overrun by signs last year. There
were so many signs that no one was even noticing them. They just made the
library look cluttered. We decided that
this year there would be three designated areas for signs. Our vision was the
message boards you see in coffee shops. We scrounged and found two cork boards
in our storage room. One of them we decorated to match the existing furniture
in the area. The other was ready to hang as is. That left us with one more
space, and unfortunately is was a huge space! We filled it with our homemade
board mentioned above.
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