DIY {Inspiration Board}

My office is coming along, slowly but surely.  I’ve made curtains, got a new desk, chair and chandelier (that still needs to be hung), and found a rug (so soft and plush on my toes) that I love!  Even though the room has a ways to go before it’s “complete”, I love disappearing into there and working, blogging, crafting.   The walls were still pretty bare, (except for my Blogs and Coffee poster:), so I decided to make an inspiration board.

There is one wall in particular, to the right of my desk, that was the perfect size for the board. 

 Supplies:

• Cork board
• Spray paint
• Fabric (mine is from Fabric.com)
• Scissors
• Spray adhesive
• Thumb tacks (300ish)

I used this very basic cork board and spray painted the frame white.

Measured and cut my fabric to fit just inside the frame.

 

I sprayed the cork board with adhesive and lay the fabric on top.

Then, borrowing an idea from Hi Sugarplum!, I added white thumbtacks (from Wal-Mart) to the edge of the board.  I ran out of thumb tacks towards the end (so annoying!) and had to go get more.  I ended up using about 300.

It’s a little lot difficult to get the tacks to line up perfectly, so I had to redo several.

After all the thumb tacks were in place, I nailed the board to the wall.   I switched out the gray lampshades for white too.  The gray ones went to live in the master bedroom.

 

Here’s how the board looks paired with the drapes.

And in case you’re curious about what the books are- I’m always nosy like that:)

To see another use of this cool fabric, go to Modern Jane and check out her bench seat cushion!  Love it girl:) 

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