Good Morning!
Do you remember the days before Pinterest?
The good ole days where you had to rip pictures out of magazines and put them in a binder…or even on a bulletin board?
I know, I know…definitely not as glamorous or as easy as Pinterest.
Recently I needed to make some changes to my home office, and decided it was time to make a real life pin board to display some of my ideas, inspirations and random sheets of paper that I need to have accessible at all times.
Plus I found some really cute fabric at Joann’s that I needed to incorporate into my office space somehow 🙂
My mom {who always seems to have exactly what I need btw} had an extra bulletin board lying around that was the same size I wanted for my pin board.
Fate? I think so.
The only thing I needed to purchase for this project was my fabric, which I bought a yard of.
Here’s how I put my DIY Pin Board together:
1. Place the fabric face down to cover the entire bulletin board.
2. Trace the inner side of the bulletin board frame to determine your cut lines.
3. Cut about an inch outside of your cut lines. Make sure the fabric covers the cork board. Iron the fabric if needed.
4. Pick a horizontal edge on the bulletin board and apply a thin layer of hot glue to secure the fabric.
5. Next flip the fabric over and use a putty knife to push the fabric under the frame.
6. Repeat and hot glue each portion of the fabric onto the bulletin board until you make it around the entire frame.
You have transformed your boring old bulletin board from this…
To this…
Now you can pin away!
Put some of your pictures, inspirations and random sheets of paper all over your new DIY Pin Board.
And you have to admit…isn’t this a little more fun than Pinterest?
Ok…maybe not.
But it sure is pretty!
Speaking of Pinterest I’d love for you to follow me!
I try and pin lots of pretty things there too 🙂
Happy Wednesday!
Renee says
August 27, 2014 at 8:51 amWhat a fun idea, I need to make a vision board and you inspired me to dress it up!!
theblueeyeddove says
August 27, 2014 at 8:59 amThanks, Renee! Glad my DIY Pin Board inspires you to dress your vision board up 🙂
My Creative Days says
August 27, 2014 at 11:06 amI need to make one of these for my craft room. I am always cutting out things and ideas and I need a central spot to keep them all.
theblueeyeddove says
August 28, 2014 at 10:43 amI’m the same way Lindsay…and then I’d lose the things I cut out. This way they are always visible 🙂
Melissa - aprudentlife.com says
August 27, 2014 at 9:58 pmThat fabric is AMAZING! I have real cork boards in my craft room too – it’s nice to physically pin something occasionally!
theblueeyeddove says
August 28, 2014 at 10:46 amThanks, Melissa! The fabric is one of Nate Berkus’ from Joann’s. As soon as I saw it online I knew I had to have it 🙂 You are right…it is nice to actually “pin” something occasionally!
Katie Stahl says
August 27, 2014 at 10:17 pmLove that fabric! I made a similar one about a year ago, and I use it all the time. It’s like useful art in my office!! Love it!
theblueeyeddove says
August 28, 2014 at 10:47 amThanks, Katie! You’re right it is a multipurpose pin board because it’s a nice décor piece for my office too 🙂
Ashley @ 3 Little Greenwoods says
August 28, 2014 at 2:25 pmI’ve got a cork board waiting to be prettied up. Thanks for the inspiration!
Pinning and sharing! 😉
~ Ashley
theblueeyeddove says
August 28, 2014 at 5:03 pmGlad you liked it, Ashley! It is nice to have a real life Pin Board in my office 🙂 Thanks for sharing it too!
Courtney @ Crafts by Courtney says
August 28, 2014 at 8:40 pmLove the fabric you choose for this. These projects are great, inexpensive and make a big impact in a room. I did a corkboard make over last year and I loved it. I use it all the time as my inspiration board. Always pulling stuff out of magazines and pinning it to the board and adding paint samples I’m thinking of using. Great job!