Bulletin Board Part One — by Guest Mom Leah
For three months now, I’ve sat in my office and stared at a big empty white wall in front of me…what to do? I had a dream of getting these great oversize linen bulletin boards from Pottery Barn but they are $129 a piece…and this is a big wall so I’d need a few.
Needless to say, we put the kibosh on that. I went through some old tears and came across a beautiful d-i-y bulletin board from Martha Stewart and I now know exactly what this wall is to become.
Bulletin boards are just wonderful things…places for inspiration, artwork, photos, invitations…the possibilities are endless. They can evolve as your needs and mood change.
So…I’m going to work on my bulletin board today and I’ll let you know the outcome. The fabric I’m using is a cotton canvas from Hable Construction. The 4ft x 9ft homosote board cost $15…not too shabby.
What could be more perfect…an inexpensive custom piece that is both a gorgeous focal point and a practical solution. And of course, I’m now looking at the large blank wall in Wyatt’s room and in the kitchen and daydreaming of their potential…if I could only narrow down the fabric choices!
Here’s the detailed how-to that I’m going to follow…the only extra piece of advice I’d give is to call ahead to make sure your hardware store carries homosote or a product like it before you head down there.
If you’re not up for another project on your to-do list, I also love these pocket pin boards from shim + sons:
Wish me luck!
Needless to say, we put the kibosh on that. I went through some old tears and came across a beautiful d-i-y bulletin board from Martha Stewart and I now know exactly what this wall is to become.
Bulletin boards are just wonderful things…places for inspiration, artwork, photos, invitations…the possibilities are endless. They can evolve as your needs and mood change.
So…I’m going to work on my bulletin board today and I’ll let you know the outcome. The fabric I’m using is a cotton canvas from Hable Construction. The 4ft x 9ft homosote board cost $15…not too shabby.
What could be more perfect…an inexpensive custom piece that is both a gorgeous focal point and a practical solution. And of course, I’m now looking at the large blank wall in Wyatt’s room and in the kitchen and daydreaming of their potential…if I could only narrow down the fabric choices!
Here’s the detailed how-to that I’m going to follow…the only extra piece of advice I’d give is to call ahead to make sure your hardware store carries homosote or a product like it before you head down there.
If you’re not up for another project on your to-do list, I also love these pocket pin boards from shim + sons:
Wish me luck!
Labels: home, make something
posted by Gabrielle of Design Mom at Tuesday, February 12, 2008
12 Comments:
where did you find your homosote? i've looked for it before with no luck, i'm sure i'm just looking in the wrong places.
I am in the middle of this project! I purchased the homosote at lowe's-- I had to describe it as "sound" board. they can cut it there for you.
to leah: I will be interested in how you hang yours. will you share? I have two boards going up, about six feet by three feet. so they need some support!
thanks,
elizabeth
at our home despot they said "what's homosote?" We finally called it fiberboard and cut what we wanted.
i just bought a small fabric covered framed bulletin board on etsy. i love the fabric!!
I've done this a few times recently and it's pretty simple. We hung ours by attaching thosejaggedy picture-hanging things on the back (you know, they look like pointy teeth?)
Home Depot also carries it but you have to ask the right person. Calling it sound barrier or fiberboard seems to help.
OK!! This is what I want to do and have been putting it off. I need to do about 5 of these and couldn't spend the cash.
THANK YOU!! This is so timely..
Leah, how are you going to purchase the Hable fabric? Isn't it industry only? I'd LOVE to get my hands on some of their designs, but don't know how.
Sweet boards I totally need to make one too! It's not all that hard either. Good luck
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love my silver board from the local office supply store that I can write on and has these big chunky magnets that I post treasures, lists, and memorabilia!
Well...I was waiting to comment so I could tell you how I hung the pinboard but it is proving to be a bit more difficult than I originally thought! You should have seen my husband and I last night...or maybe that wouldn't have been good because there were a few words exchanged! :-)
I think we came to terms with the fact that because my board is so big, it's a 3 person job to hang it. We need to recruit somone and then I can let you know what we ended up doing.
To answer a couple questions, I was lucky enough to find homosote at our hardware store down the street but I have heard that it can be hard. Our Home Depot does not carry it but Lowe's does. It is also called "sound board" so I thought that was a good suggestion if you are calling around to find it...maybe hardware stores know it better by that name.
The Hable Construction fabric was bought through a friend of mine who is in the trade so unfortunately I do not have any leads there. For inexpensive graphic fabrics, I really love reprodepot.com. I just found "folklore forest" in their japanese import section which I think is so cute for a little girl's room (http://reprodepot.com/flkfsnt.html).
Keep me up to date if you have any good advice!
has anyone tried hanging a small-ish bulletin board made of homosote WITHOUT nails? i have a blank space and i've been looking for thick self-adhesive cork with no luck. do you think small squares of homosote will be light enough to hang with velcro or copious amounts of that thick sticky tape? thanks.
ainsleyandchase.com has fabric belts constructed of Hable Construction bead print fabric on SALE now! For all that love this fabric you will adore it as a belt with our favorite jeans! Quantities limited..necessary accessories.
Pam Freeman/owner
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