Bulletin Board

Just a quick little thrift store make over.  I wanted a little bulletin board to hold all our grocery lists, coupons, mini calendar in the kitchen because it's a pet peeve of mine to have crap all over the fridge.  I do have papers and reminders, and it just bugs me, so hopefully some of it can move over here on the board.

I bought this...thing for $1.00 at a thrift store.

I think it was supposed to be a calendar holder.

I needed a bulletin board for the kitchen, so I thought this would work.

I got a roll of cork at the craft store.

I realized the cork is really thin and not wide enough for the frame.

So I cut a layer of cardboard to go in first, so the push pins would have something to stick in under the cork.

Then I painted the frame a brighter red just with acrylic craft paint.

To attach the cork, I trimmed it to fit the frame, and then used hot glue to attach it to my cardboard.

*You can see I had to paint the sides on the cardboard where the cork wasn't wide enough.

Finished! 

I had a picture hanger I nailed on the back and hung it on the wall.

Not that fancy or creative, but a simple upgrade to help organize.