You can never have enough kitchen storage. This was a short project to turn a bog-standard wall unit in to a multi-function magnetic memo board, key holder and mail carrier.
The whiteboard surface is a self adhesive sticker with a dry wipe finish and a ferric core to give a magnetic attraction: FerroFlex® 600mm Wide Flexible Ferrous Sheet – Self-Adhesive / Dry-Wipe | Large Metre Sheet from First4magnets.com
It’s worth noting that the surface works best with neodymium magnets; the attraction with a ferromagnets is not that great and they can’t support much weight.
The door handles were custom designed to incorporate storage for the dry-wipe pens and eraser. The subsequent design was 3D printed with PLA and screw-fixed to the underside of the door.
To finalise the unit and add more functionality; a mail holder and set of key hooks were added to the side closest the door.
This holder was a literally ‘butchered’ from a previous noticeboard (i.e. cut in half), re-drilled and resprayed.
Final cost
For anyone thinking of trying this at home; here is a bill of materials.
| Item | Supplier | Cost |
| Wall unit & doors | Wickes – 1000mm wall unit | £ 122.00 |
| Dry-wipe surface | (via eBay): Ferroflex sheet (1 metre) | £ 21.68 |
| Dry-wipe pens | Morrisons – pack of 4 pens | £ 1.50 |
| Mail & key holder | Not on the High Street | £ 35.99 |
| Pen holder | About 80 gram of white PLA from stock | £ 1.23 |
| Misc. fixings | Screws and plugs to mount the unit and small screws to fix the handles in place (nominal cost from stock) | £ 2.50 |