What do you do when you find yourself with a pile of plain cork trivets from IKEA? Turn them into a work of art — and a functional one, too.
In this tutorial, 20 trivets were masked, painted, and nailed to the wall to create a graphic wall element. While it's stylish enough to stand on its own (I can see this in white and gold, or even neon with bare cork), it works even better in a studio or office as a bulletin board for pinning photos and inspiration.
Check out Rue for the how-to!
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I really like this. I wish there was a better way to hide the nail holes.
I'd have to make the lines more random, or else the crookedness would drive me insane!
I think I'll do something inspired by this, only with sticky removable hangers instead of nails. And, like for seawhitney, my OCD would require a different design!
@Pi - The sides could be glued together with super glue and only one nail would be needed.
I'm thinking of doing this, but painting them all white, gluing them together and hanging them with one nail. I could then pin photos that I want to display to them. Lot cheaper than framing and the photos can be switched out and replaced by new ones anytime I choose. Thanks, AT, for this article!
Cute idea. The link to the blog is broken btw.
Why do I want to add eyes to some and a butt crack to others? Reminds me of South Park.
just a heads up to anyone hoping to do this with removable sticky strips. I've tried every brand, shape, size, etc. I can find, and have been unable to find a way to keep my cork boards up. I even glued the cork boards to a thin piece of poster board and then attached the sticky strips. the strips don't adhere well to the cork.
Next I'm going to try gluing the strips to the cork... but if that doesn't work, i'm giving in and going the nail route.