I’ve been wanting a burlap pin board for quite some time. I just love that rough / relaxed texture of burlap and thought it would be fun next to my heavy desk. I got a great frame on Freecycle that had not such a great oil painting inside:
(before)
I don’t know if you can see the detail but it is bamboo and there is a lot of gold. You all know I’m not a GOLD person, but I loved the gold leaf on the linen mat and the bamboo. So I got my Annie Sloan Chalk Paint out to rehab the frame:
I used a Nantucket Blue (Greek Blue mixed with Old White) and wiped it with a wet rag. Then after it was dry. I dry brushed Old White. It just needed something soft over the blue and gold.
Then I asked my lovely hubby to help with the pin board part. If you want to make your own here’s what you’ll need:
– A frame of your choice
– Plywood
– Cork (we got cork squares from Staples)
– Burlap (I got mine for $4 a yard at Jo-Ann’s), still have loads left for other projects
– Wood Glue
– Saw
– Staple Gun
1. Cut down plywood to the size you need for you frame:
2. Take the cork squares and cut them to fit the plywood:
3. Using wood glue affix the cork to the plywood backing. We left a small gap around the edge so the pin board wasn’t too snug for the frame:
4. Then we cut the burlap a little larger than the plywood and attached with a staple gun:
5. We inserted the completed pin board into the frame and used the staple gun to hold it into the frame.
A really affordable and easy way to make your own burlap pin board. I think mine ended up costing $10 compared to $89 and up at other stores like Wisteria, Ballard Designs and Pottery Barn.
Here’s how it looks in my little office area where I blog to all of you:
My office
PS You may notice the ‘new’ desk chair. My mom found it for $6. Can you believe that price? She’s quite the bargain shopper! It is a very heavy Paines Furniture chair and I love it. Super comfy. It has a great patina from someone’s hands resting on the arms and a worn seat. Now my question for you is do I leave it as it is and fix the minor piece of wood that is missing or do I pull out my paint brush and chalk paint? Right now I’m leaning to keeping it wood. What do you think?
Nice job! Love the new chair too!
Thanks, Paige. Yes, need to figure out if I should leave it or paint the chair.
Danielle! I love this! I’ve been contemplating a bulletin board for so long and this is just beautiful!
I just feel like I need it for ideas etc. Thanks for your nice comment.
Great idea..I need to make one of those. Love the chair, if you paint it what color would you go? Please hop over and join the my memories giveaway.
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This is really pretty and functional too! Love that frame!
What a fun project! You did a great job!
Thanks for linking up at my weekly Chalk Paint linky party!
This is darling! Thank you for linking up at Feathered Nest Friday!