Burlap Bulletin Boards

Well here is my final project for the kids' craft space - burlap bulletin boards.

I saw these bulletin boards from Ballard and thought they would fit the space perfectly.

I already had the bulletin boards so it seemed like an easy enough project. Unfortunately, finding the supplies proved to be a little more challenging!  Someone around here is having a beachy wedding and bought up all of the burlap within 30 km of my house so I enjoyed a nice tour of the local fabric stores.  And really, how hard could it be to find some upholstery tacks??  I couldn't find any in the color I wanted and had to hit up a couple of stores just to find enough of them.  I ended up spray painting the tacks the same color as the letters from the ART wall.

 Once I finally had my supplies, the rest of the project was easy!

• Find a bulletin board.  I definitely think that it is worthwhile to spend a couple of extra dollars on some decent bulletin boards.  I also did a couple of bulletin boards that I bought at the dollar store for Matthew's closet and the quality of the cork is terrible.  Its okay for the closet but not for a well used bulletin board! 

• Cut your burlap slightly larger than your bulletin board {I left 1.5-2 inches on each side}.

• Fold the burlap around the edges and staple with a staple gun.  Try to pull with the same pressure as you staple around the board.

• I just folded the corners over and added a few more staples.  It's pretty forgiving - it doesn't have to be pretty!

• I added the tacks on the inside of the molding so I didn't have to worry about hammering them in and to help me keep them straight.  I placed mine a lot closer together than the original and used just over 50 tacks for each board.  For my board, the ruler was the perfect spacer to keep everything even.  When I did the cheap bulletin boards for the closet, I did end up hammering the nails into the wood molding since the cork was so thin.  Just cover the tacks with a towel before you hammer! :)  This will give you more of the look from the original Ballard design.

• I then spray painted two more of the foam letters from the ART wall for the kids' initials.

I was planning on labeling the drawers in the desk but I thought I would leave some things label free!  Let's see how long these stay organized!

 All of the pens sorted into different types {regular, smellies, over writers, and 3-D!}.

And I am DONE!

You can read about Part 1 of the Art Center here and about the ART wall here.

Have a great weekend!

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