Monday, September 21, 2009

Super Easy Bulletin Board

Look at this treasure I found at Goodwill on Saturday for $9.99.

So I decided to make a bulletin board for my kitchen/great room. The following is a list of items needed for this project:

1. Beautiful ornate frame :)

2. Corkboard

3. Spray paint (I used ivory satin from Walmart)

4. Burnt Umber craft paint

5. Hot glue gun

6. Nails and hammer

7. Tacs for bulletin board

I started off with a few coats of spray paint on my frame. After those dried completely I watered down the craft paint a lot and brushed it on. I immediately wiped it off with a paper towel. This brought out all the detail and imperfections.

Then, my hubby cut down the cork board to size and I hot glued into the frame and then added nails as well to strengthen it. That is seriously it! Hang it on the wall and enjoy! Here are some pictures


5 comments:

Krissa said...

I LOVE IT!!!
I totally have a frame I could do that with too....I want to try and do a chalk board with the chalk board paint too...hmm....

David and Natalie Reheis said...

What a good idea! I wanted to do half chalk board half bulletin board, but I couldn't find any slate. After I was done, I realized I could have done the spray stuff. It'll be interesting to see how if works!

Kjohnson said...

Loves it!! I wonder what it would be like to have a sister that is soo crafty??? OH wait!!! Nevermind, I already know! I love it Sister!!!

p.s. chalkboard would be so darling. And the great thing about the chalkboard paint is that most of them are magnetic too!

KeLSie ORdonEz said...

That is sooo cute Natalie!!! Love love LOVE it!!! That frame is just sooo awesome looking, too!

Samantha said...

Did you make that for me?:) just kidding! I love it, you are so crafty, (I guess that's why you post on the craft blog, ha!)