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Most economical option is whiteboard decals which stick to the wall, and if you're crafty you can cut them to fit inside an oval-shaped picture frame or something like that. Removable and reusable, does not damage wall.

http://www.wallcandyarts.com/shop/category.cfm/whiteboard

All of this stuff is awesome though.

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I'd say the most economical is picking up white tileboard or backerboard from a home improvement store. Roughly $10 for 3ft by 5ft.

http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/000679.php http://www.homedepot.com/Flooring-Flooring-Tools-Accessories...

We have white backerboard in our office, and it doesn't properly dry erase at all. Instead of just kind of smudges over the entire area of the board eventually just making it a HUGE mess.

At that point we have to clean it off with commercial cleaning spray and paper towels. It works, but is definitely not ideal.

Tileboard is great. Not the highest-quality whiteboard material you'll ever use, but definitely the most cost-efficient and easiest to obtain.

Whitey Board makes stick on white boards as well: http://www.whiteyboard.com/

WhiteyBoard is the only type I've tried, so all decals might have this problem, but I found their product to be pretty awful. Came damaged, didn't stick almost at all. Their customer service is also a absurdly poor, which I'm pretty sure is a problem specific to them - I recommend avoiding.

Agreed, we have this in our offices and it really sucks. We didn't have issues with the whitey boards arriving damaged, but they don't stick very well and tend to slowly peel off the walls. In addition, you can't really erase anything off of them without water or some sort of spray and a paper towel. Erasers don't do jack.

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