Anyone have non-framed cork (as in a cork board) on their walls?

[ciaobella]

We are in the process of preparing my DS's big boy room and I would like to put a large piece of cork on one of the walls to hold photos, momentos, etc.

I am not looking for a framed cork board ... something more like like cork wall paper, but not as permanent. I have seen the squares available at Office Depot, but I would need a lot of squares to cover the section of wall that I want to cover - so I was hoping to find something that I can cut to size.

Anyone have experience with this? Any ideas on where to find what I am looking for?

TIA!

Anne

[dules]

Here's one. I was looking around tonight as we're considering something like this, or magnetic sheets, on one section of our kitchen wall.

http://www.bangorcork.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=category.display&category_id=71

Mary

[ciaobella]

Thanks for the link - I am going to call them on Monday! I need to measure the area that I am interested in to get a better idea of what I am getting myself into!

[eb1]

When Martha Stewart does her corkboard/bulletin projects (some of which are very large), she specifies to get homasote, which comes in large sheets and can be cut to size. It's available (apparently) at certain home centers or lumberyard places; some Home Depots carry it for instance. You can check here as a starting place: http://www.homasote.com/where.html

[redhookmom]

I considered the roll cork but it is so thin. I was afraid it would not hold anything up. I considered doubling it but was not sure of the process and it was expensive.
I ended up buying the squares, spray painting them, and spreading them out on the wall. Think of a piece of grid paper, the squares are spread out, but still make a large square. Does that make any sense?

[ciaobella]

So, are you happy with the end result using the squares? I was worried that because I wanted to do a larger area that it would look strange to have the lines where the squares connect, iykwim?

Squares would be the easiest way to go, so I am really curious to see if you like them.

I am going to try to make some calls to some of the places recommended above this week and I will report back.

Thanks for the ideas!

[jennifer_r]

In our last house, we had squares in our son's bedroom. It was a large portion of the wall from the chair rail up the width of most of the wall (from where the closet door ended to the other corner). It was there when we bought the house and it lasted the whole 9 years we were there. We loved it and it was a great place to hang posters, homework, art projects, memorabilia, etc.

Jennifer

Mom to:
Christopher 12/29/89
Adelaide 8/23/04
Bronwyn 11/9/05

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[redhookmom]

I placed the squares on the wall so that they don't touch, they are spread out. I will have to see if I can take a picture for you.

http://www.windsorpeak.com/dc/user_files/35862.jpg

Did that work?

[ciaobella]

That is very cool ... I may end up having to do something simliar or pick a different spot in his room because my research is proving that this is a more difficult endeavor than I hoped it would be!

Right now, 40 sq ft is going to cost in the neighborhood of $100 - $200, depending on whether we get natural or "scrubbable" cork. Plus, my DH doesn't want this to be permanent, and to cover such a large area, it would need to be mounted to something and then drilled into the walls.

I am going to make some more call to see if I can find someone local ...