Kathy and I like having a white board and a place to hang things (via magnets or such). We came up with a space in our Laundry Room/Mud Room to hang it so that defined the size.
I’ve taken a quick and dirty way of making something for the space by combining two inexpensive boards. I’ve even left space for a basket below.
I still have to “finish” it by adding a frame around the outside to give it some polish.
If we are not satisfied with this, I may have to look at other ways including paints (metallic, erasable surface paint) or laminate surfaces (metallic, …).