DIY Inspiration Boards
I bet you have an old cork board somewhere in your home. If so, it is just screaming for this simple makeover! You can transform your cork board in under 30 min. for the cost of 1/2 yard of fabric and some thumb tacks:
Supplies for Fabric Inspiration Boards
- An old cork board (thrift stores often have lots of these for $2-$3 a piece)
- Pretty fabric (I used this upholstery weight fabric from The Needle Shop)
- Thumb tacks (I used a little more than 1 box of 200 to make 3 cork boards)
- Staple gun
How to Make a Fabric Inspiration Board
2. With the back side of the cork board facing up, fold over the sides of fabric and use the staple gun to put 1-2 staples on each side. Pull the fabric nice and taut while you are stapling:
3. Fold over the corners nicely and staple down:
Here’s what the backside looks like once stapled:
Here’s what it looks like when you turn it over:
4. Now just take your thumb tacks and start pushing them in around the edge, right where the cork board meets the wood frame. To save time, I spaced the thumb tacks a little bit apart, just eyeballing the spacing as I went along and adjusting as needed. If you want, you can put the thumb tacks right next to each other, but that will take more time (and more thumb tacks!)
5. Hang on the wall and start pinning your favorite inspiration images, color swatches & photos!