Quote Box - hide the eyesore

We have a breaker box on our wall in the basement.  The previous owners did a nice job of putting a cabinet front around it to hide it, but for me that sticks out almost as much.

Then when I saw this printable over at I Am Momma - Hear Me Roar, I knew I needed it.  My favorite line is where it says: "We were born to make manifest the Glory of God that is within us."  Very motivating!!

 What does the printable I bought have to do with my breaker box??  It was my solution to cover it up.  Here's the before and after - what you see right when you walk down the stairs:

I bought the cheapest piece of thin plywood (I think the whole 4x8ft sheet was $7) and had it cut at the store.  Then Trevor built a frame thing around it and I painted all the edges black - I was too lazy to do the middle, and it wouldn't show anyways.

 Then I took my print that I made (same as my giant picture - engineer's print at a copy store - this time 2 ft by 3 ft - just like I am Momma, Hear Me Roar recommends), covered the back in spray glue, and pressed it onto my board.

Side note on getting it printed - it always takes a while, maybe 15 minutes, which sometimes can be long for kids but this time there was a display of mini Pillow Pets nearby which entertained my toddler the whole time.  He has a regular monkey pillow pet at home so he was fascinated by these mini ones!

I asked Trevor to help me hang it - envisioning nails, etc, but he said "you can just sit it right on top of the old thing" - that genius hubby.  See how the cabinet front this has trim that sticks out from the wall - - and so I just set the frame of my box thing on that ledge.  Just set it on.  That way when we need in the breaker box, I just lift it off.  Perfect.

 Sorry about the blurry pic - lighting in the basement is awful for pictures.  That's why I took a picture of it outside - I knew it'd be better...