Thursday, October 3, 2013

{DIY} Cork Message Board


Hello everyone, I'm back with another little update on the office! I made my own cute little message center/cork board!  I found some inspiration from another blog I follow and LOVE.   Its a Pretty Prins Life. She always has the cutest little DIY projects and I love her decor taste.

Anyways I did mine a little different.  I bought a 4 pack of the dark colored cork squares from Michael's. They were under $10 with a coupon.  

Once I got home I began taping the cork board up with some frog tape in the pattern I wanted.

After I was done taping I took some metallic gold acrylic paint I had around the house and painted the exposed cork with a sponge brush.  

Finally once I was done painting I peeled the tape off.  

Here's what I was left with


 Of course I couldn't wait to go hang it up in the office!!


I love it!!  



Oh yea....we went to IKEA a couple weekends ago and here's what I bought:

Desk

Shelf (holds all our DVDs and husbands video games)

Bunch of white frames!!


Overall i would say it was a successful trip, I could have definitely bought more but my wallet and car space would not allow it.  



Has anyone else made their own message boards/cork boards?  Anyone else have a love for IKEA!?!

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  1. SamanthaOctober 6, 2013 at 12:09 PM

    I love Ikea! I live 30 mins away from one. Half my furniture is from there, lol.

    I covered a cork board with fabric a little while ago: http://www.samanthafabris.com/2013/07/27/diy-covered-pin-up-board/

    I like how you took four and put them together. I had thought about take four little ones and putting different fabric on each.

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    1. Kristina PerryOctober 8, 2013 at 1:20 PM

      Samantha let me just say you are SUPER lucky that you live so close to an IKEA!!! like I mentioned in a previous post the closest one is in CANADA...so we have to go through customs just to get there, or we can travel 4 hours and goto one in PA. Either way its a hike, but TOTALLY worth it. I have never left there with just 1 thing.

      I checked out your blog and cork board DIY and I love em both.
      I too am a photographer in training. Its so much fun learning about something i am SOO passionate about!!!


      Thank you for taking the time to check out my blog/post, greatly appreciated!

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