Renovation Detail: The Built-In Corkboard
Stick 'em up! Line cabinet fronts, backsplashes and other slivers of space with cork to create a handy surface for pinning and posting
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We've started purchasing the materials for our home office renovation, which means that it's go time. And by go time, I mean the stage of our renovation in which I ask my carpenter husband to create the customizations from my mile-long wish list. At the top: the built-in corkboard.
I'm a saver: snail mail, paint chips, movie tickets, blue ribbons, fabric swatches. And instead of loading my attic with shoeboxes filled with these sentimental trinkets, I'd rather pin them up to appreciate and display them. The built-in corkboard is the best solution.
By incorporating cork into the nooks and crannies of your home, you create a personal museum. Above desks, on cabinet doors or as backsplashes, built-in corkboards tell the story of our lives. Where in your home will you tell yours?
I'm a saver: snail mail, paint chips, movie tickets, blue ribbons, fabric swatches. And instead of loading my attic with shoeboxes filled with these sentimental trinkets, I'd rather pin them up to appreciate and display them. The built-in corkboard is the best solution.
By incorporating cork into the nooks and crannies of your home, you create a personal museum. Above desks, on cabinet doors or as backsplashes, built-in corkboards tell the story of our lives. Where in your home will you tell yours?
by Shane D. Inman
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The wall above your desk is the perfect place for pinning up reminders or inspirational photos. The trick is to custom fit the cork to the space.
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| While paneled refrigerator doors are not magnetic, they can be outfitted with cork to continue the report card display tradition. |
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Bright white decorative molding and nailhead detailing frame a boudoir-appropriate corkboard.
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Built-in corkboards are especially appropriate in children's spaces, where a never-ending cycle of imaginative artwork calls for display.
Mounted above a twin bed and framed with decorative molding, fabric and cork create the headboard of every little girl's dreams.
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| As a designer, I'm looking forward to a custom built-in corkboard for pinning swatches and samples that correspond with the projects I'm currently cooking up. |
Install cork on the front of your cabinet doors, and you've got ample space for pinning on what would have been an unused surface.
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Use cork as a functional backsplash between your upper and lower cabinets.
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Create a large, built-in corkboard by covering an entire expanse of wall with cork and framing it with decorative moldings.
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Ideabook published on May 8, 2012.
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