Pin-Up

Annnnd another project.

Aren't you guys some lucky ducks*?

This bad boy wasn't too hard at all. Except for the fact that it was my project, which automatically makes it about 3 times harder.

Here's the before (from my mom's house, before we moved):


Just a regular bulletin board. Plain. Boring. Ugly. But functional.

And here's the after, covered in some fun and simple IKEA fabric:


I used my trusty staple gun to secure a layer of white fabric underneath the IKEA fabric. Since the IKEA fabric is relatively thin, I wanted to mask the transition between the cork and the metal edging of the board as much as possible. Plus I wanted to sturdy up the fabric a bit so it'd be less abused after all those pins get to it.

As for making this project difficult, after stapling one side of material, I checked to make sure the hooks on the back of the board would be on the right end for hanging - since the fabric has an obvious "up" and "upside down". But because I was looking at the fabric from the back, where it wrapped around, I confirmed incorrectly that it was on right. And once I finished I realized my error. If you look really closely, you can see the little hook sticking out of the bottom of the bulletin board in the close-up. That's a little L bracket that I painted the color of the wall. I hung two, and they're acting as a miniature shelf to hold the bulletin board up. It works fine for now, but when I pin something up I have to be careful not to knock the whole thing down. Silly me.

And speaking of making things harder, J and I went to put together this IKEA lamp this weekend (which came without a shade, by the way), and it was totally crooked.

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Then we tried attaching the lampshade we bought to it, and it didn't fit! We figured we could ghetto-rig it and position it where no one could see its wonkiness, but then when we plugged it in, it wouldn't turn on! The light bulb couldn't get screwed down enough into the base at first. We finally got it to work, then it turned off again, so J screwed a little tighter, and the bulb burst everywhere! Thank goodness the babies were safe!

And then J went to hang the curtains in the living room tonight, and the rods we bought are too short. What a freakin' idiot I am! Back to IKEA I go.


I'll post about my first wedding dress shopping experience later this week. I know that's what you're here for - not my staple gun craziness!


*Pun unintended but perfect!