BOHO Corkboard Makeover

My eldest daughter had a corkboard growing up that I think she thought was a dry erase board seeing all the messages written all over it in marker. She is all grown up now and it is time for the corkboard to get a well deserved makeover. Soft shades of grey and pink with a few pretty touches and it looks nothing like before.

Here it is after its life with doodly teens before the internet :)

Step 1 wipe clean and apply 2 coats of white Dixie Belle BOSS a couple hours apart to block the marker ink then left 24 hours to dry.

To fill in some of the tack holes I applied Dixie Belle mud and when dry sanded smooth with a Dixie Belle sanding sponge.

I decided after much debate to go with this collection of beauties to make it over in; Dixie Belle silk paint in conch and baja gray, Dixie Belle stencil in harlequin and the boho DixieBelle transfer.

HERE are more conch projects, I really love the toy box and Latin transfer ;)

Dixie Belle silk paint in baja gray was brushed on using the flat medium Dixie Belle synthetic brush. I included the solid wood frame for a soft subtle look.

Over this soft gray Dixie Belle silk paint in conch was applied over the harlequin Dixie Belle stencil .

It was moved to completely cover the cork. Using the Dixie Belle sanding sponge The surface was sanded to give a worn appearance and the edges of the wooden frame were distressed and sanded as well.

Parts of the boho DixieBelle transfer were cut out and rubbed in place.

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The last step to add depth, dimension and further age was to apply brown Dixie Belle's best dang wax around the edges using a Dixie Belle chip brush.

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