Comments on: Organize Your Office on the Cheap with These DIY Cork Board Projects

By: Dizsu

Dizsu — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:10:28 +0000

i’m more of a white board too…but what i did was paint my corkboard white…and the frame black…looks great. looks like a modern furniture and looks expensive in my office.

By: Jennifer Escalona

Jennifer Escalona — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:34:28 +0000

Rebecca, don’t you just hate an eyesore like that? Maybe you can go beyond the library and talk to the building folks about the project. I suppose you could always cover them with a curtain, but a big out-of-place curtain can draw almost as much attention as AC ducts, and then, of course, students would always be tempted to go look behind it.

Let me know if you find that a variation on this project works for your library problem. Cork board really is a wonder!

By: Rebecca Garland

Rebecca Garland — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:19:43 +0000

How funny to find this today – I was actually trying to talk our librarian at school into covering up some giant air conditioning vents in the library with plywood backed cork tiles. The AC units are a huge eye sore, and I didn’t even think about fabric to cover them. Of course, the project will have to wait a while. I lost the librarian at “mount a thin sheet of plywood…”

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By: Jennifer Escalona

Jennifer Escalona — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:28:03 +0000

Good advice, LaToya! You do have to worry about that with the small corks, so thanks for mentioning it! You can also reinforce them with plywood backing (glue gun them on) if you’re serious about your cork boarding!

By: LaToya Irby

LaToya Irby — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:32:46 +0000

I love the idea of covering it in fabric! I doubled up my cork boards because when I used a single one, the push pins went into the wall.

By: Jennifer Mattern

Jennifer Mattern — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:10:53 +0000

I do love criss-cross boards. I like tucking photos in the ribbons and such – used to use them in college, but not anymore. I just know if I did my cat would find a way to get to it and shred it to bits. It’s a talent of his.

By: Jennifer Escalona

Jennifer Escalona — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:42:16 +0000

I’m more of a white board lady, too, but do happen to have a criss-cross cork board for those occasions when I need to hang a bill or a notice right in front of my face. (If you couldn’t tell by the professional quality photography up there, that cork board in the post is mine. :p)

By: Jennifer Mattern

Jennifer Mattern — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:42:35 +0000

Very cool project Jenn. :) I’m definitely more of a white board person than a cork board type, but I do keep a cork strip on the wall near my desk. It’s great for me b/c I love using index cards for all kinds of things, and I can tack up any important ones so I don’t lose them. Love it. :)