The material on these panels is cork wallpaper. This is a Candice Olsen wallpaper featuring
white cork with a silver foil backing. (She
also has a design with natural cork with a copper backing – very cool looking
as well.) I fell in love with the
wallpaper after seeing it featured on one of her shows on HGTV and liked the
fact that it resembled birch bark. It’s
pricey stuff, so I was happy to come up with the wall panel idea.
After some research and tests, I decided to go
with stretcher-bars for the base. (These
are used by artists to stretch canvas.) I ordered them from www.frenchcanvas.com.
These are ideal because they can be ordered in any size, are relatively
inexpensive, are put together with a rubber mallet (no hardware), are made for
the purpose of attaching fabric, and are lightweight and easy to hang. All you need is a staple gun. Just be careful with the corners. Neat corners will make or break the final look of these types of projects.
The panels vary in width from 6-8-10" and each are 6 feet tall. Since
creating these panels I have used stretcher bars from the same source for a
number of other projects.
See NAPKIN WALL ART and POTATOE SACK WALL ART for similar projects.
See NAPKIN WALL ART and POTATOE SACK WALL ART for similar projects.
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