Family Communication Center

by Sheri O
(Canada)

Our communication "grand central" is a blackboard on the cupboard doors. Busy families need to have a communication system in place. When we repainted the kitchen I decided to paint the doors on the pantry with blackboard paint.

The chalk and the brush are kept right inside the pantry. We can write notes to anybody here and also use it for a grocery list and telephone messages.

Everybody has to go past this on the way in or out of the house. If you have a wall or a cupboard you can do this with I highly recommend it. No more bits of paper or "post-it" notes scattered all over.

When you are on the cordless phone and need to record a message you can just wander over there grab the chalk and write! If anybody in the family notices a grocery item running low they just get the chalk and write it on the list.

It works great for our family!