I was at Lowes to pick up a mirror and was inspired to make my own DIY bulletin board once I saw this roll of cork for $9. I thought it would be a great place to pin inspiring quotes and images that I could see in my home office. I had a good idea in my head but the execution was a major DIY fail. I found these precut pine boards that were 2 feet and 3 feet long. The four pieces cost about $8.
I rolled out the cork and was planning out how I would do this but was rudely interrupted by these fluff balls.
I finally had it planned out and then Tag decided he looks better framed rather than this boring cork.
I already had this wood stain that I am a huge fan of! It’s so easy to apply with hardly any mess. It is costly at $13.
I use this sponge thingy that I found in the painting section of Lowes to apply the stain.
I had to get creative on how to dry this because it is like 20 degrees out still. Here Chester is and I believe he thinks this is as boring as watching paint dry.
Here’s the beautiful stained boards with the cork rolled out and a huge hole caused by a cat claw by someone who will remain nameless. This is where my plan came apart. I either had to attach the boards and then glue on the cork or find something to stiffen up the cork and attach the wood.
Unfortunately, my plan didn’t work. I decided to use an amazon box and super glued it to the back of the cork and it did not whatsoever work.
In the end, I am left with stained boards, the cork is in the trash and I should have just bought a premade corkboard. Oh well, it was fun trying to create.
I’ve been considering buying this $10 corkboard on Amazon here. My idea is to see if I can attach my boards over the smaller, boring frame but I’m afraid I’m throwing a good $10 after a bad $17. I think I need to find something else to do with these stained boards.
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