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DIY Cork Board

January 19, 2016 by Valerie Ott Leave a Comment


diy cork board

Hey, hey! So are you–like so many others–getting organized in 2016? I love this time of year. Hardly anything makes me happier than organizing. It’s a sickness. So my latest organizing goal was my desk. You may recall that we turned a closet into a mini-office awhile back, and whoa. It’s been a game changer. I spend hours upon hours in this space. But the small bulletin board I hung there wasn’t cutting it. I really need a whole wall for my notes and reminders, so I decided to make a cork board wall. Cork is trendy. I thought it would look nice and modern.

Wrong. It looked awful! I used rolls of cork and even though I bought the thickest they had, it kept tearing and I couldn’t get the seams to lay flat no matter how hard I tried. Exhibit A and B…


cork board wall

cork board wall seams

In hindsight, the cork tiles may have been easier, but there was still a lot of cutting around corners and stuff that would’ve made them hard to install. Painting my mess wouldn’t have solved the problem because the seams were still awful. So, I decided to cover all of the cork with fabric. Thankfully, this project turned out to be a happy mistake because I like the final result better.

First, I centered my fabric on the cork wall, making sure I had enough yardage to cover the width and height of the area to be covered. Then I tacked the fabric up using push pins, and cut around the shelving.


how to cover a cork board with fabric

After tacking and cutting all the way around (this took patience), I had a pattern roughly the size of my cork wall. (Please excuse the grainy photos. Not sure what happened there.)


how to cut fabric for a cork board

Next, I ironed the fabric and tacked it up in the middle once more, this time using nailhead trim along the edge for a finished look. Once I had the fabric secured along the top, I lifted up the bottom of the fabric and sprayed adhesive directly onto the cork, smoothing the fabric down over top. This got rid of any wrinkling and created a nice smooth surface. I then finished off the remaining edges with the nailhead trim. Voila!

fabric covered bulletin board with nailhead trim


cork board wall


fabric covered bulletin board

cork board wall with fabric and nailhead trim

cork board with nailhead trim

pretty workspace

bulletin board with nailhead trim




Here are some other creative ways to get organized:

denim wall pockets
Denim Wall Pockets

how to organize a home office
Organized Office Shelves

small space organization
Organization Ideas for Small Homes


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