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Bulletin Board Makeover Learn how to spruce up your bulletin board. From "Home Made Easy" episode DHME-128

Leslie Neblett, our Decorating Made Easy expert, joins host Stephanie Lydecker and thinks "outside" the generic and bland bulletin board.

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	Leslie shows you how to create this unique bulletin board.
	Figure A
	Figure B

Materials:

wooden spring loaded clothes pins
plastic or brass clothes pin-like clips
ruler
pencil
hot glue gun
fine grain sand paper
fabric
staple gun

Bulletin Board Makeover

• Simple spring loaded clothespins are available just about anywhere. By placing them on the frame of the board, you aren't limited to only the size of the board. You are thinking outside the board—literally to hold things that you don't want to put a hole in such as a picture, a decorative post card or to keep a supply of "Post-Its."

• Along the bottom of the board you can screw little cup hooks into the frame. They are perfect for holding the key to the garage, maybe your work ID card, your gym pass or those supermarket club cards.

• You can paint the bulletin board to make it more your own style or cover it in fabric. Find a beautiful piece of fabric like grey flannel. Using a staple gun, attach the fabric directly onto the cork portion of the board (figure A). Get the fabric as close to the edge as possible and make sure you keep the fabric taut so that it doesn't wrinkle in the center.

• Once the fabric is completely attached, you can easily cover up your "stapling job" by attaching a wide piece of coordinating ribbon along the edge. Start by stapling the ribbon to the back corner of the frame. Pull the ribbon tightly along the front of the frame; make sure the ribbon lines up with the edge of the board. Wrap the ribbon around the back of the frame and staple to attach the ribbon (figure B). Repeat with the opposite side. It doesn't matter if you start the ribbon on the top or bottom or side-to-side. If you start on the top, the bottom or the side, do the opposite side first.

GUESTS :

Leslie Neblett
E-mail: leslieneblettarchitecture@gmail.com