Okay, last tutorial for the home dec project. This one’s super easy…

I wanted a magnet board to hang by my desk. I thought I could pick up a cheap one at Ikea. Well I could…but the size I wanted was BRIGHT ORANGE! Meet the SPONTAN:

So I covered it in fabric.

Steps:
1. Lay magnet board on fabric. Cut fabric an inch or so larger than magnet board all the way around.

2. Use duct tape to affix fabric to board. (I happened to have navy blue from a previous project.)  This is the lazy man’s way out, but it works and doesn’t show…

3. That’s it.

I also covered a pencil cup with this same fabric (I don’t have a photo), but I used fabric glue on that one, not duct tape.

Caveat: I’ve found that with the fabric on the board, it is not super magnetic any more. I can stick up papers and other light-weight things (even a calculator), but heavier objects just slide off. Even my pencil cup needed a “helper magnet” underneath.

If I were to do this again, I think I’d use coordinating gift wrap instead. Though it would be less durable, I don’t think it would interfere with the magnetism as much.