| Now it’s up, I really like it but I’m debating whether I would rather just cover the glass with some nice paper and put the board and polaroids/business cards somewhere else. That’s for another day though so today I’ll just show how I made all of this!
You need:
- Cardboard
- Foam/corkboard/something to stick pins into (I’m using the rest of that old yoga mat)
- Fabric to cover it all
- Decorations: popsicle sticks, paint, lace etc
- Hot glue
I was reusing old supplies for most of this.
Cover the cardboard in foam and hot glue it down. I used that same old yoga mat and because there wasn’t much left I made a bit of a patchwork XD
Next cover it all with fabric. Again I was using scraps so I did it in two sections.
Tadaa :D
The finish was a bit rough so I glued thick elastic around the edges and middle. This made it look more like a window. You could easily use ribbon or something else similar.
So far:
Now I wanted to make a little white picket fence to go around it too so I used popsicle sticks.
I snipped off one of the ends…
Painted them all white…
And left them to dry while I did the next part.
I decided to hold this on to the glass using some double sided tape.
Here it is on the wall:
Then I added the popsicle sticks in a picket fence design over the top. It turned out that having the sticks over the top of the board made it too thick to slide back into the wall. Boo! I ended up removing that section and leaving the rest.
Decoration time now! I used some green yarn to hang from the top of the boards to the sides of the door.
I used little pegs to hold photos there.
I made matching swoops of yarn on the other panels.
It wasn’t quite fancy enough so I added some little flowers around the fences and drew in some grass with a green whiteboard marker.
Lastly I made our initials out of pearls and added them to the top.
All done!
I love that all my photos and pretty things are on display like this.
 
But I’m not sure if this is going to be the room’s final incarnation or if I’ll recover it.
I think I’m coming to accept a bit more that my house is always going to be a work in progress! :D |
Arrrghh your apartment is so cute and pretty! You should see my apartment… it’s such a hodge-podge :P Home Sweet Home looks like it’s going swimmingly.
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:D Thank you so much! I can’t wait to show you the rest of it, I actually feel really positive about it at the moment. Though I’m a bit embarrassed to show the “before” photos XD
It’s really lovely! I’d definitely think of you if I saw that in a magazine. PLUS I can totally imagine that in a magazine <3 Your home is so lovely!
Waa thank you so much, that’s the biggest compliment ever! I totally dream of living in a magazine and then realise I’m way too messy for that haha! <3
Fantastic idea. I love that even though i’m renting I can now do a photo wall. Thanks dude.
No problemo :D As a seasoned renter I totally know the irritation of not being able to do anything cool with the place so I’m determined to actually come up with solutions!
Very cute :)
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