We all have similar childhood memories of standing with our backs against a wall while a parent marked our height with our name and the date, creating a tangible timeline of growing up. Those marks often lived in doorways or out-of-sight corners, however, and the moment you moved, that small record of childhood stayed behind with the next homeowners. It was sentimental and easily lost.
Browsing Pinterest for inspiration, I discovered a charming idea: a giant wooden ruler used as a height chart. It moves with you, lives in plain view as decor, and preserves those growing-up marks without being stuck in a doorway. I decided to recreate a giant ruler using only materials I already had at home, spending $0. Below is a step-by-step guide so you can make your own DIY giant ruler height chart.
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This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Philips Lighting. All opinions are entirely my own. For years we resisted anything other than incandescent lighting. Compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) offered poor color and limited dimming, and early LEDs were prohibitively expensive. That changed when Philips Lighting introduced a new, affordable LED bulb … Read more
