Look! Cork Wall

Did anyone else check out the Dwell Home Tours that happened over the weekend? We ran around and saw all 6 houses on the Westside. One of the highlights was this cork wall used in a home office in Venice.

We loved the scale of it and, since it's not the first thing you see when you walk in, it doesn't look cluttered or overwhelming. When we talked to the owner of the home he explained simply that he wanted to be able to sit at his desk and just turn and stick things into the wall. Well, we love the effect and were considering doing something similar at home.

We found these resources for rolls of cork:
Crafta $3.99 for a roll of 8.5 x 49 inches
flex-a-chart $34.99 for a 3 x 4 foot roll
School Outfitters $74.99 for a 4 x 6 foot roll
Ace Hardware $16.19 for a 2 x 4 foot roll

Comments (9)

Oh I love this idea. Being of a creative mind, it can come in handy for pinning up stuff you are working on so you can get a feel for it as you go along for instance.

And I just like the whole office design itself. Very simple and modern and nice.

You also want to know how thick it is, otherwise, you'd be poking right through covering into the wall. And you don't have to buy cork covering, if you want a bunch of holes in your wall, you can just start tacking stuff to the wall as it is! LOL!

Visit Jelinek:
http://www.jelinek.com/wall.htm

They have lots of neat stuff there to look at, including furniture made entirely of cork, and items upholstered with cork fabric. Here's the photo gallery of furniture:
http://www.jelinek.com/furniture_photo.htm

You can link over to their Corkstore from their page too.

Love this. I am a "see it or lose/forget it" type must have things out and visible. A bunch of clipboards or hanging clear jackets rotating inspiration board would do it.

Love it, though I'd probably keep the tacked on photos, postcards, etc., in a contained space, and mostly let the look of cork set the mood for the room. I'm not a fan of too much busy-ness.

I have used cork from a company called forbo in similar installations. It comes in rolls about 5' wide by several yards long. I didn't see it on their website, but I specified it on a recent project and we had it installed, so I assume it exist.
Contractors have substituted material from another company called claridge http://www.claridgeproducts.com/arch_tack_bulletin_claridge_cork.html
The colors are not ad nice as forbo's, but the material is just as good and comes in the same size.
Seams are tuff if you don't know what you are doing and installing along the length of the roll. Seam along the manufacturers edge if possible.

The cork wall is great but I'm interested in the desk. I'm trying to make a set up like that for my new place. Where did the file cabinets come from? The one's I've seen are all too bulky or are the wrong height.
Thanks.
Stacey

Does anyone know an experienced installer in the L.A. area for Forbo cork? I want to put it in my kids' bedrooms, but the installation seems tricky and I want to make sure I get someone who knows what they're doing! Thanks, Wendy