Here’s the scoop on the cool bulletin board that I “constructed” last weekend..
The frame started its life looking like this.
Ikea- Ung Drill… $29.99
I found it several months ago at Ikea. {And I remember seeing it on some other blogs in the past, but I believe they used it as a chalk board frame.} It was originally intended for one of the walls in my ladies lounge, but never actually made it onto the wall. Guess that ended up being a good thing!
It must have been when I was cleaning out the room that has become the nursery, that a light bulb went off. I could finally use the frame and make it into a bulletin board for van’s room. I then debated leaving it black or painting it a color. Painting it a color won… but I had to leave that to Mr. vB to accomplish.

I picked the same yellow paint that we painted the nightstand, but knew it would be a headache to paint with a brush. Luckily Mr. vB could use his air compressor paint gun to spray it on. That way he could get all the nooks and crannies.

LOVE IT! Thanks Mr. vB- you did a marvelous job!
Now it was my turn to get to work. I went on the search for a cork board that would be big/wide enough to fill the opening. All of the cork board squares I found were the right thickness, but not wide enough to span the distance I needed without having a seam down the middle. I then figured I probably just needed to get a 24 x 18 bulletin board and cut the oval shape out. Easier said than done!!




Cutting the board was the messiest thing EVER! I assumed {incorrectly} that the cork was going to be solid all the way through. Well it actually was a super thin sheet of cork applied to a pressed wood backing. When I cut the cork, it tended to tear away from the pressed board. And then when I flipped it over and tried to cut it from the opposite side I think I made it worse. The photo above kinda sums it up. But thankfully once I shoved it into the frame, you couldn’t even see the torn sections.
Ta-Da!

I love how it turned out! Now I just want to find some really cute push pins to use with it.
What?? It’s all in the details you know!!
PS. after some quick googling I just saw something about DIY push pins.. hmm… Looks like I know what I will be up to this afternoon.