How to make a note board with your own hands

They say that a better motivation for action than a visual reminder is not worth looking for. If the list of strategic tasks constantly catches the eye, then the risk of forgetting to solve current issues is much lower.

A nice note board, which appeared in the interior, will give not only the opportunity to self-organize and neatly place all kinds of reminders, but also serve to decorate the space. If you want to have an original and eye-catching accessory in your home, take your time to go to the store. Try making your own note board.

What to create?

“Handmade aces offer to assemble a do-it-yourself note board from wine corks, a hoop, make it from an old mirror”

You can get a platform for posting notes from anything. Absolutely everything will do:

• tree;
• cardboard;
• plywood;
• metal grid;
• a metal sheet;
• glass;
• the cloth.

Handmade aces offer to assemble a do-it-yourself note board from wine corks, hoops, and make it from an old mirror. Turn on your imagination and look around - maybe you will have your own idea of ​​​​what to make an exclusive home organizer from.

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What are note boards?

You can place a note on the board in different ways:

• write;
• fix with a magnet;
• attach with buttons;
• glue.

The placement method determines the material and manufacturing method of the accessory.

Cork board

An incredibly handy thing for attaching drawings, notes, receipts, paper crafts. Elements are fixed on such a note board using buttons, which can also have an unusual design. An alternative to buttons can be ribbons or braid. They need to drag the work surface so that it is possible to slip a note with information under the strip. The easiest way is to make a do-it-yourself note board from a solid cork cloth, although improvisation in product design is only welcome.

Magnetic board

This model is considered a more modern version of the home organizer. Leaflets with information on it are fixed with small magnets. In its standard form, the product has a strict and concise design. You can make a whiteboard less formal by using multi-colored sheets and funny-shaped magnets for notes. It is not bad to complement the accessory with metal cups, in which it will be so convenient to hold an unusual type of pens for notes.

graphite board

Item comes from childhood. Working on a graphite note board with your own hands will evoke memories of school, awaken nostalgia for childhood. Notes are not attached here. Markings are written on the board itself with chalk. The “write and erase” process will also be appreciated by small children. They will happily spend many hours near the whiteboard.

fabric board

This is a real creative playground.This is where, where, and here you can definitely show all your talents and skills. A variety of fabrics will help to demonstrate the presence of taste and originality of thinking. Use the most non-trivial ways to design note boards by working on them with your own hands.

The accessory can be made from a plain canvas and decorated with appliqué or embroidery. The patchwork looks interesting. Original macrame finish. On such a board, you can sew on many pockets for storing stationery and paper, or attach notes to the fabric surface with special clips and colorful pins.

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Where to place a whiteboard in the house

“A note board should definitely appear in a child’s room”

We used to think that note organizers are the subject of office interiors. In the house we replace them with mirrors and refrigerators. But with the help of a do-it-yourself note board, you can very successfully enliven the room space.

An excellent place of "residence" for an accessory will be an empty wall above the desk. Shelves in this area can look bulky, and posters and calendars are somehow not entirely appropriate there. A decorative note board, and even made by yourself, will be the best solution to the issue of designing a work corner.

The appearance of a small note board with an interesting shape and design in the hallway will add comfort to everyday life. It should be attached near the telephone shelf or key holder, then the accessory will not be discordant with the interior and may even emphasize the style of the hallway.

This item is indispensable in the kitchen. Hostesses are happy to place recipes for culinary masterpieces on the information board, form lists of products for purchase on it. It is in the kitchen that household notes are most often left.

A note board must appear in the child's room. For a kid, it is better to hang a graphite version so that he can express himself without the risk of being punished, and draw with crayons or a marker not on the walls, but on a specially allocated surface for this.

Older kids will love the magnetic note board model. On it, they can attach a schedule of lessons and calls or arrange a mini exhibition of drawings.

If you think about the locations of such furnishings, then in addition to the traditional fixing them on the walls, which is certainly convenient, the boards can be hung on the door. The advantage of such a solution will be the constant presence of an accessory in front of your eyes. However, writing on a do-it-yourself or store-bought note board hanging on the door will not be very convenient, since the door leaf is movable and will need to be held so that the board does not “run away” from the marker.

Another popular place for attaching information boards is the refrigerator. Here you can also experiment and use its own walls as a surface for attaching notes, without any additional elements. For greater clarity and for aesthetic purposes, the field for information should be highlighted with a frame. Along the perimeter of an improvised note board, for example, magnets can be located.

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How to make a note board with your own hands

Let's consider some not the most difficult options for making information boards at home.

Marker board

Bearing in mind that markers write only on smooth surfaces, plastic or glass should be taken into work.In our case, the accessory will be created from an A3 photo frame. We take out the glass from the structure and paint one of its sides with white paint. Let the layer dry and assemble the product back. You can completely simplify the task and replace the step of painting the glass by placing a sheet of white paper under it.

There will be an opportunity to use the received note board in different ways. Most often, it is immediately sent to the wall and made an ordinary reminder. Less often, homemade products are made mobile, that is, they pick them up and walk around the room, making the required entries. It is rational to attach a marker near the accessory.

french board

A cute and functional design can be assembled from improvised materials in just a couple of hours. It is made from cardboard, a piece of fabric in a pleasant color, braid, buttons - in general, what the hostess always has at hand. You can make a whole composition from wall boards for notes collected by yourself. A functional selection of accessories will become an interior highlight of the house.

What to prepare for work

The first thing you need is a solid foundation. It can be made from plywood, but if it is not at hand, use thick cardboard, maybe even a piece of fiberboard. To give the product softness, you will need to make a synthetic winterizer or foam rubber substrate. It is important to choose a fabric, color and pattern suitable for the overall interior design of the room. To decorate the note board, we prepare:

• braid or narrow thin ribbon of satin;
• beads;
• stones;
• buttons.

Of the tools you will need: an awl, a ruler, a furniture stapler, a needle with a large eye (as an option - a gypsy), scissors.

Work progress

It will be easier for beginner needlewomen to work with a not too dense base, such as cardboard. A square of a given size is cut out of it. Next, do-it-yourself diagonal markings are made on the basis of the note board so that a grid is obtained.

At the intersection of the lines, you will need to make neat holes. Use an awl or a large needle in your work. Holes will be needed to fix the synthetic winterizer on the base. Please note that the backing is cut to the size of the cardboard, while the decorative fabric layer is cut out with a margin for hem. The cut is applied to the substrate and fixed on the back side with glue or stitched with a stapler.

It remains to finish the board for notes. We pass the braid through the holes made in the base, monitoring the quality of the thread tension. At the intersections of the ribbons, we will attach beads or buttons of an unusual design. The tape will act as a note holder.

If you refuse to fuss with the weaving of the note board with braid, you will get a soft surface, to which you can attach reminders with pins.

Chalk board

Such an organizer will help get rid of piles of pieces of paper. When making a note board with chalk with your own hands, feel free to mix paints to give its surface exactly the color that is pleasing to your eye. As with the French board, you will need a rigid base, perhaps a finished picture frame. This base will need to be painted, but not with pure acrylic paint, but with a mixture of it with grout for joints. The ingredients are mixed in the following proportion: 1/5 spoon of grout is placed on one spoon of paint.

With this composition, the cardboard is covered in several layers, until an opaque surface is obtained. The edging frame of the note board is also painted, but with contrasting paint.

The dried base must be sanded with a piece of chalk. Lay it flat and rub the surface well. The resulting dust is removed with a sponge.It remains to assemble the structure and hang it in the chosen place.

If you decide to create a do-it-yourself note board in a minimalist interior, give up framing the base. Just cut out a piece of plywood and paint with the above composition.

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Interesting note board ideas

If you have a frame of some kind or just an old hoop, try converting it all into an original piece. The empty space can be closed with a cloth or tightened in several rows with a rope. In the latter case, the notes will be attached with clothespins.

Do-it-yourself cork note boards look great. Wine corks are simply glued to a rigid base in a random or systematic manner. They can be arranged in a spiral, block-squares, etc.

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Conclusion

Although the note board was originally a purely office piece of furniture, it managed to transform and penetrate into our home life. And I must say - not in vain. With its advent, it has become much easier to save and transmit the necessary information. Try the accessory in action and you will be surprised at how convenient and effective it is!

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