Bulletin Board Advent Calendar

Last month in the foyer we started a new project. I wanted a way to display interchangeable items on the wall with minimal damage to the plaster so I had the idea one night to make a bulletin board. Sweetly the hubs agreed to help and the homosote bulletin board project began.

My main objective of this piece when we started it 6 weeks ago was to make an advent calendar at Christmas time. Although I love fall and November is my favorite month, sparkly ornaments were on my mind.  I’ve seen some festive ones online and couldn’t wait to make my own.  Holly made one, so did Stephanie. Aren’t they lovely?

To make the bulletin board, we purchased a piece of homosote at The Big Orange, cut it to a 3′ x 4′ size, covered it with fabric and hung it up.  Stay tuned for the how to, I hope it helps you, because this is a fun and useful item to have in any room.

On about the 5th of this month I had all the advent ornaments on it. Sometimes I’m a late starter 🙂 It’s at home in the foyer right at the bottom of the staircase.

The white tags were made from 3×5 index cards. Yep, they’re striped on the back. I made things simple and just rounded the corners with my little corner rounder scrap tool.

The 18th has the New York ornament on it because that’s the day we got engaged at Rockefeller last year 🙂

The numbers on each tag were made with a stencil and marker.

I like this view into the living room.

I purposely picked the fabric to match the wall so the art on it would stand out.

And that’s the reveal of the bulletin board. Stay tuned for a how to.I’m joining Remodelaholic’s Anonymous Link up. Come see the amazing projects. And find all of my holiday projects here.

Do you have a bulletin board in your home? What did you put on it this holiday season?