Here's one of the things I've been working on lately.
I wanted to get a big pinboard for Daniel's room and my lovely friend R very kindly gave me this piece of softboard which was just perfect (thank you, R!):
Although it was painted white on one side ...
... it wasn't pretty enough to hang just like that and I needed to cover it with fabric.
I scratched through my stash and found two pieces of black and a piece of white polycotton that would do the trick. I simply stretched the fabric over the board and stapled it at the back:
I thought about how to hang it and eventually decided on some clean-release velcro strips that I had already. Because the softboard is porous the strips wouldn't stick without a little help - I hammered in some heavy-duty staples. They were originally too long and would have poked out the other side but I snipped them a little shorter with wire cutters.
Here are the corresponding strips on the wall above Daniel's bed:
And here is the finished product - a place for him to personalise his room and display little goodies that are important to him.
Check back tomorrow for the reveal of a project that is a collaboration between Daniel and me - I'm super excited about it and love how it turned out!
