When we moved into our new place we had an amazing fireplace in our playroom. While we thought this was a great feature for the long term as our kids are so little now we didn’t want it to be a place where they crawled into and got all covered in soot. So we knew right away we wanted to cover it up at least temporarily. We thought about a simple baby gate but decided that would just invite a lot of throwing toys in and climbing over it as they reached toddlerhood. What we ended up doing was an awesome kid friendly centerpiece with a chalkboard and magnets! It…