DIY Weekly Cork Board Organizer

I admit, I am not the most organized person.  My style of organizing involves stacking papers in piles or throwing stray toys in bags.  Yeah, not the best solution and I surely don't recommend this type of organizing.   Unfortunately, this cork organizer won't help with my paper hoarding, but it will help me stay organized from week to week.  With the start of a new school year fast approaching I needed a way to keep up with my kids schedule and this cork organizer is the perfect solution.  Once they get their class schedules I'll update the board to keep track of each of their daily school activities.  No one wants to be wearing a dress on gym days or brand new clothes on art days.

You may remember the frame that I bought from Goodwill and updated with white paint.  It's been hanging in my kitchen on my chalkboard wall begging for attention.  It wasn't until I remembered I had an old cork board in the basement that the opportunity for a DIY project evolved.

I started by pulling off the cheap plastic frame then measured and cut the board to fit snug in the frame.

Apparently, I was a little too giddy about this next step and completely forgot to take pictures.  #bloggerfail.  At least it's not rocket science, I just cut balsa wood into strips and gave them a few coats of white paint. 

After the wood was dry I attached them to the cork board using wood glue.  Not sure if that was the best option, but that's what I had on hand and it seemed to work just fine.

Now that everything was in place it was time to add my favorite part, the hardware!  I decided to go with these bookplates from one of my favorite hardware companies, D. Lawless Hardware.  Instead of using nails, I opted to attach them with small brads from Michaels.

After the front was complete I had to figure out how to attach the cork board to the frame.  It's not pretty, but I ended up using "L" brackets in each corner.  I also added 2 sawtooth hooks for hanging.

After I took care of securing the back it was time to spruce up the front.  I added days of the week labels along with fun gold and white push pins and the board was ready to be hung. 

Let's just hope that this new wall organizer actually helps keep me somewhat organized :)

Hardware for this post was kindly provided by D. Lawless hardware.