By Rell DeShaw
I had the pleasure of spending a beautiful day in May doing something creative and fun with a wonderful group of fellow Twice Upon a Time volunteers. I got to document their process of decorating the book cupboard that will house the books for Twice Upon a Time’s pop-up operations at Heartood House.
Our work day was front loaded with a lot of careful planning by Kelly and Jennifer - they figured out how to make an ordinary metal cabinet function as a magical storage place for our give-away children’s books. We were joined by Ozan for our day of turning the cabinet from plain to fantastic.
Volunteers scrubbed the cabinet clean. We then sprayed primer inside and out, taking care not to spray each other! and then we sprayed on blackboard paint on one side - two coats to make it right.
We then spent a while measuring and cutting the recycled foam core. We then covered them with felt panels. We were helped in this endeavour by a very cute dog.
Finally, we painted the cabinet with bright colours inside and out.
The final cabinet is wondrous - it is brightly painted inside and out and has one side covered in blackboard paint and one side covered in felt panels for storytelling.