DIY: Homasote Bulletin Board

I have been wanting a giant bulletin board for as long as I can remember and especially lately, since my collection of Baseball stadium postcards is sitting in a drawer waiting to be hung. My Grandpa built one for me growing up and I filled it with as much MJ and Desmond Howard as I could. (There was also a season where I tacked my multitude of reeses pieces wrappers to the board, for no other reason except that I liked the colors and I thought it would be interesting to see how many packs I consumed in a summer. I'm realizing now that I still do that kind of ridiculous crap.) Anyway...if you've ever thought about buying a big bulletin board outright, you know how expensive it is. So I did some research and found this wonderful stuff called Homasote that works perfectly as a bulletin board. I added a little fabric with a staple gun and poof, a nice bulletin board it became. Since there only sold in 4X8 foot sheets, I had the guy cut three pieces, which means we have two smaller pieces for Stella's room (I imagine them filled with her drawings in the coming years).

There are many postcards and business related items to add, but it's time for lunch...here is the beginning...




If you're interested in making this yourself, I would buy it from a lumber yard to get the best deal (my 4X8 sheet was $34). You can see where homasote is sold by going here. The fabric I used costs $11 from JoAnne's and the screws were .86 cents. Make sure you find the studs behind your wall because this material is fairly heavy.

For a few links with others who have done a far better job with this than I, go here and here.