In the past couple weeks I’ve been hard at work on the home office. It’s just about done and today we put up an artistic and productive creation — a green bulletin board!
It’s made of homasote, a construction material made of compressed recycled paper. It’s also used in walls and underneath floors to dampen sound. I covered the board in some cool graphical Marimekko fabric I picked up at the CB2 outlet on Inwood.
Homasote is tough to find. There’s only one place I found in the Dallas area I found that carries it in stock — Ivey lumber on Plano Road at 635. I had them cut it into a 4 ft. by 6 ft. piece. It comes in sheets of 4 ft. by 8 ft., just like plywood and sheet rock.
I used a staple gun to affix the fabric to the backside of the board. It’s sort of heavy, so I screwed it directly into wall studs in four places, using aluminum finishing washers on the facing side so it would look nice.
10 responses so far ↓
deke // October 13, 2007 at 8:32 pm |
Love the board and the room is looking great.
Holly // October 16, 2007 at 3:14 am |
Wow! This is quite impressive. Your photo looks like a shot from a glossy catalog. Maybe CB2 or West Elm or something… Do you make house calls?
Eskimosik // November 17, 2007 at 7:57 pm |
Hi
What do you think about this? When it happens?
Jenni // December 9, 2007 at 2:13 am |
I just bought some homasote today to make a bulletin board also. But this stuff smells so bad its giving me a headache. Does this smell go away???
lifesatrip // December 9, 2007 at 10:33 pm |
I don’t believe the homasote I purchased had a smell to it.
Tracy Kyle // April 24, 2008 at 8:27 pm |
That bulletin board looks good. It like the grid motif. Is Homasote available at the usual Depot/Lowes?
I’m in the middle of my own BBoard project.
I’m mounting various objects, papers, etc. then I’ll have a photo taken and use the image as the front page for my future website.
lifesatrip // April 25, 2008 at 6:58 pm |
Unfortunately no, they don’t sell homasote at big box stores. I think I found my supplier through homasote.com. Thanks for commenting!
rosemaryspencer // May 26, 2008 at 2:26 am |
This is gorgeous, classy, and inspiring!
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Unalleage // January 22, 2009 at 2:09 am |
Nothing seems to be easier than seeing someone whom you can help but not helping.
I suggest we start giving it a try. Give love to the ones that need it.
God will appreciate it.