julia.chanter.3's Profile

I got a gang of awesome and handy friends together to make this project, and it was a huge success. We made the following modifications that made the process go by faster and smoothly:

1. Instead of plywood, I bought some MDF, which is lighter and cheaper.
2. I wanted to use flush mounts to mount the board directly to the wall, so we drilled those holes in the board first, then held the board up to where it would be mounted so we could mark where to drill into the wall so the flush mounts would line up. This was key. I have no idea what I will do when we move.
3. Tufting was frustrating since the thread kept breaking, and the needle we had wasn't long enough. We ended up just using the staple gun for the tufting, and then glueing the buttons down with a glue gun. Lazy, but very effective.

The whole thing cost me about $150 which includes hiring a cab to carry everything back to my place. The project took 3 hours, including mounting it to the wall. I love it!