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Last week, I
revealed my quiet time space in my office, and today I’m revealing my office
bulletin board! One of my first projects
when I first started blogging was a massive DIY bulletin board. (You can see the original post here but
please don’t judge my horrible fabric choice and bad photography. Haha.)
When refreshing my office last year, I knew I wanted to keep the
bulletin board, but I wanted to class it up a little bit to match the overall
aesthetic in the room after the refresh.
Job one was to
recover my existing board and get rid of that busy black and white fabric that
I’ve had on it for the last few years. I
found some simple light khaki fabric at Walmart and I knew it was perfect… now
the actual items pinned to the board can shine!
Creating the
gold frame was going to be a little bit harder, but I knew there had to be an
economical way to do it. All it took was
a few minutes of browsing the lumber department at Lowe’s and I had my solution
– quarter round! Ready for the instructions?
Materials
1 sheet of
soundboard, cut to the size you need (a 4 ft. x 8 ft. sheet is only $9.00 at
Lowe’s and they will cut it for free)
1.5 yards of linen fabric (I found mine at Walmart and it was only $7.00, but Amazon has this one that looks identical)
2 pieces of
1/2-in. x 8 ft. pine unfinished quarter round, cut to the size of your frame
(only $4.48/each at Lowe’s)
Staple Gun to
attach the fabric to the board (this one is highly rated)
4 Long, sturdy screws to hang the board (something similar to these)
Drill (we have this one and love it)
Command Strips to hang the frame (I love these)
Step One
Iron the fabric
if it has wrinkles. I know nobody likes
to iron, but you’ll regret it if you don’t and then it’s all wrinkled after you
hang it.
Step Two
Lay the fabric
face down on the floor and lay the soundboard down on top of it. My soundboard had a black side and a light
brown side, so I tested the push pins on both sides to see which side worked
the best. The push pins seemed to go
into both sides equally as smooth, so it doesn’t matter which side you lay down
on the fabric. I laid mine light brown side
down.
Step Three
Use a staple
gun (or a hot glue gun if you don’t have a staple gun) and tack all of the
edges down to the back of the board. Be
sure to taper the corners so they fold under smoothly and don’t bulge. Be sure to pull the fabric nice and tight as
you staple so it stays even across the front of the board.
Step Four
To hang, you’ll
need a drill, four very long screws, and someone strong to hold the board up
while you attach it to the wall. Brian
held my board exactly in place where I wanted it to hang while I drilled the
holes. I drilled straight through the
fabric and the board and then used the screws to attach it to the wall. It doesn’t really matter where on the board you
drill because you can cover the screws with whatever you pin to the board. Keep in mind when you’re drilling, the fabric
may pucker a little, so be careful.
Step Five
You should have
four pieces that make up the frame (one for each side of the board). Spray paint all four pieces with the metallic
gold paint and let them dry.
Step
Six
Once the
framing is dry, use Command Strips to hang them individually around the
board. This means that the frame won’t
actually be attached to the board… instead, it just appears to be
attached. That’s how we’re able to do
this project so cheap! Trust me, I
looked into doing a custom frame job and you don’t even want to know how much
it costs!! It would have been hundreds
of dollars, and I just wasn’t willing to spend that much on a bulletin board.
Inspiration
I just love
having the board over my desk to hang special mementos and other random things
that made me happy. I face this wall
while I work, sometimes for 6-7 hours a day, so I definitely wanted it to be
pretty and inspiring and filled with things that bring me joy. Some of the items I have displayed on my
board are as follows:
-
Artwork
that the kids have made for me over the years
-
My
blog logo
-
Decals,
stickers, and patches of some of my favorite things (my alma mater, Dave
Matthews Band, University of Georgia)
-
Inspirational
quotes
-
“Hey,
y’all” – my signature greeting! :o)
-
WWJD
– a little reminder to be my best self (and also a throwback to my junior high
days when everyone wore those bracelets… anybody else?)
-
Special
mementos (our wedding invitation, Jacob’s and Olivia’s birth announcements, an
ultrasound picture of the baby we lost and a note from my best friend during
that hard time afterward, etc.)
-
Favorite
family and friends pictures (that one of Jacob holding newborn Olivia… OMG, I
die.)
-
A
copy of my word for the year – CONNECT for 2020 (I change this out annually)
-
Fun
goodies from Young Living and some YL info to keep me motivated
-
A
calendar (I refer to it all the time, and Jacob made this one for me so it’s
even more special)
-
Some
paint swatches from past and current projects
-
Fairy lights!!!! I have these and they are a complete
gamechanger! You don’t even notice them
when they’re off, but when they’re on, they are just magical!!!!
-
Other
cute things to “pretty it up” (gold glitter dots, black and white polka dot
banner, rainbow felt banner)
All of these
things inspire me, motivate me, and make me so happy, and it’s just the best view
to have while I work!
Stay tuned, y’all…
my office refresh reveal should be up next week!
Happy Wednesday!
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