Revamp an Old Corkboard

By ZolaClaire

When my son was still a toddler, he scribbled on my corkboard and its surrounding wooden frame with a blue marker that could not be washed-away. Over the holidays, I took some time to revamp the old board and it now hangs in the little graffiti artist's room.

I asked my son what sort of image he would like to see on the board and thought that he would say somthing like a tractor, dinosaur or a bug, but he surprised me and requested a giant thumb tack.

I don't have a steady hand and I'm not much of a painter, so I decided to make a silhouette of the thumb tack using a pattern to mask various areas of the board, then spray paint the exposed areas. I then hand-painted the white boarder and used a black paint pen to outline the image. Lastly I sanded the wooden frame to remove the remaining traces of blue marker then I rubbed-on some butcher's wax to darken the wood a bit and give it a slight sheen.

There are some things that I would do differently with the masking, but over-all, this was a great way to give an old corkboard a new personality.

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January 04, 2008

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You Make Me Smile

January 07, 2008

I don't have an old cork board, but I'd be happy to go buy a new one just so I could have a fun, funky message station like yours! Thanks for the tip!

DIY Maven

January 04, 2008

Great idea! Love it.