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Wednesday 6 February 2013

Take me, take me, home, home

My flatmate and I finally decided last week to finally get round to putting up some sort of decoration in the living area. About time really as we've been living here for 7 months or so now. And so, after talking about it and talking about it for months on end, we took a trip to Dunelm for the final bits we needed to make a noticeboard for photos, shopping lists and all the other knick knacks that accumulate over time. 

I really don't know what took us so long, this pretty little noticeboard was so simple to make and has made such a difference to brightening up our big bare wall. If I didn't have so much other stuff up on my bedroom walls already I'd be making myself another... I say this, but I can guarantee I'll get bored in a few weeks and end up hammering a load more holes into my walls so I can have one of these beauties by my bed too. If you're looking for a cheap and cheerful present for somebody, then something like this is absolutely perfect- there are loads of similar things in shops and online that are all way more expensive (I'm talking from experience here having bought a similar noticeboard from Sass and Belle a year or so ago and as much as I love it, I am now wishing I'd just made my own).  



If you want to make one yourself all you need is: 

1 large photo frame/canvas
wadding (enough for a double layer if you're working with a chunky frame like ours from Ikea)
fabric (half a metre should be plenty for a similar sized frame to this one)
between 3/4 metres of ribbon
a staple gun

If you're using a frame, just remove the glass pane and then use the backing board as your base. Cut the wadding to the same size as the board/ canvas, using one or two layers depending on how thick your wadding is (tip: make sure you can still close the frame behind all the extra padding!). 

Then take your fabric and fit it around your base/canvas so you can then staple the edges of the material to the back of your base, making sure you pull the fabric tight so it fits snug against the wadding and doesn't hang loose.

Once you've secured the fabric to the board, work out where you want your criss crosses of ribbon to go, then cut each strip to size and staple the ends to the back of the board. Again, its really important to make sure these are nice and tight, otherwise you'll have trouble keeping your photos and notes in place.

If you're using a canvas, at you're all done and dusted now, if you use a frame like we did you now just need to pop it all back into place and secure the board into the frame. 

Then fix to your wall, take a step back and admire the pretty noticeboard you've just created!

It really is incredibly simple, we managed to complete ours in the time it took for this lemon drizzle cake to bake.


9 comments:

  1. So pretty! Love the floral pattern :)

    Katie xx

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  2. this is very creative and absolutely lovely too, thank you for sharing! x

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  3. super cute . follow back, if you like ;)

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  4. This is a great idea. The fabric is very pretty too. X

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  5. This is such a gorgeous decoration, I need to make one!xx

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  6. it looks so beautiful! great job!

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  7. this is so cute!! great post i am so going to do this now!! <3 <3


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  8. What a great idea! Well done it looks fab :-)

    Vanessa x
    www.vanessaeves.com

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  9. This is such a lovely idea - so pretty. And lemon drizzle cake sounds like the perfect reward afterwards!xxx

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