After two years in this house, I finally got around to putting up a design wall.
I have been using the floor for the most part, but after laying out my blocks for the latest quilt top, I got a lot of pushback from my family who apparently felt that completely blocking access to the kitchen was “unreasonable.” Not a quilter among them to sympathize with my need to make sure that the Xs in different shades of blue were distributed attractively across the top.
So at long last I got a 4’ x 8’sheet of foam board and put up a design way.
It isn’t a complicated process. I cut off a foot as our ceilings are barely 8’ up, and with the trim I needed more wiggle room.
I had the flannel still from the last house’s design wall; I just sewed the two lengths together and then spent a minimal amount of time ironing it. A lint roller cleared off all the threads from previous quilts.
It was a quick task to trim and tape the flannel around the board. I kept the writing side to the back so the words wouldn’t show through – the other side of this board is a reflective silver. I pulled it taut, but didn’t worry about perfection.
What I should have worried about was the wall it was going to be hung on. I forgot about the wall socket. It is our only nearby electrical outlet for the room’s main lamps, so it couldn’t just be covered up.
The solution involved a box knife and more duct tape. Not attractive, but it worked. I may get white tape and recover it in a more aesthetically minded way in the future. Or, I may just not think about it ever again.
A few finishing nails to hang it on the wall and now I have a design wall. A little narrow, but it will keep the path to the kitchen clear – most of the time anyway.
I’m laughing about the outlet cut-out, sorry. I just tried to ‘reupholster’ the seat of my computer desk chair… first tried the staple gun, then duct-taped it to within an inch of it’s life–neither worked. Finally used the hot glue gun on it, hope it stays. The chair bottom is not pretty, but the seat looks good. Whatever works, right?
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Yeah, design aesthetics are not one of my strengths.
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