We usually use a family photo wall calendar every year to display birthdays and appointments. In December, I stumbled across the MagicMirror project and was totally thrilled from the start. Since I like to do small craft projects during the cold season anyway, this came in very handy. I still had an old 24-inch monitor and a Raspi in the attic. So I quickly took apart the monitor’s casing and ended up with a 24-inch display. In the garage, I found some leftover white baseboards, which I used as a frame.
I attached all the technology to the back of the display so that only one cable (power) is visible.
To ensure that the screen is not on all the time, I built a motion detector from an esp8266, which ensures that the screen turns on when movement is detected and turns off again when no movement is detected for 10 minutes.

We usually use a family photo wall calendar every year to display birthdays and appointments. In December, I stumbled across the MagicMirror project and was totally thrilled from the start. Since I like to do small craft projects during the cold season anyway, this came in very handy. I still had an old 24-inch monitor and a Raspi in the attic. So I quickly took apart the monitor’s casing and ended up with a 24-inch display. In the garage, I found some leftover white baseboards, which I used as a frame.
I attached all the technology to the back of the display so that only one cable (power) is visible.
To ensure that the screen is not on all the time, I built a motion detector from an esp8266, which ensures that the screen turns on when movement is detected and turns off again when no movement is detected for 10 minutes.