goody for you: something sweet to eat: February 2015

I had a bulletin board in my kitchen and it was ugly and cluttered with paper. I decided to create a command center in my kitchen so I started by ordering a wall pocket and chalkboard.

I needed to find a bulletin board that coordinated. I could find nothing I liked, then I found this at Goodwill.

I bought it with plans to transform it into something awesome. I went to Lowe's and got some supplies, including a roll of cork, spray adhesive, and spray paint.

I had the utility knife and sandpaper already. After dismantling the message board, I used 150 grit sandpaper to sand the glossy finish off the white frame. Then it was ready for paint.

I painted it, front and back, with a nice, even coat. Front, then back, then a second coat on the front. It already looked a million times better.

Next, I used the board to measure out the cork. I cut the cork to the size of the board to make sure it fit in the frame. I used two pieces to double the thickness so thumb tacks would work (the roll is really thin). Using spray adhesive, I attached one layer of cork, sprayed adhesive on that, then topped with the second cork layer.

Next, I wrapped the cork with a layer of interfacing I had with my fabric supplies. I used a hot glue gun for this.

Then the fun part: fabric! I had this leftover from some pillow covers I made so I used it...plus I love the colors and the chevron pattern.

I used the wrapped cork board to measure the fabric and cut enough to wrap the board. Again using the glue gun, I wrapped it with fabric (after ironing the wrinkles out first).

Then I had this.

By this time, the paint was dry so it was time to assemble the board, frame and back.

I put some of the interfacing down to protect the frame, which is face down, then I put the fabric covered cork board in the frame.

Adding so much thickness to the original board meant that the back was more difficult to put on. I had to use longer screws but I managed to reattach the back to the frame. I was going to just re-use the old screws but instead I gathered a hodgepodge of longer screws from my husband's stash.