Re-Purpose An Old Picture Frame Into A Cork Board

Re-Purpose An Old Picture Frame Into A Cork Board

If you have any old picture frames laying around or find a good deal on one at a yard sale, you don't have to have a photograph to utilize the frame. I turned this frame into a cork board. 

If your old frame has a print already in the frame, you can easily remove it from the frame with a flat screw driver by bending the flexible flat driving points and flip the image over and use it as a backing to adhere the cork board material to.

If you just have the open frame, flip the frame over and measure the opening of the back of the frame. Take some mat board or cardboard from an old box and cut to size.

Buy a roll of cork (thicker the better) at your local art supply store (A.C. Moore and Michaels usually has a coupon for 40%-50% off one regular priced item every week).  

Cut the cork to the same size as the backing board. 

Use gel super glue or some other form of adhesive to bond the backing to the cork board. ( ** Note - Do not use spray adhesive, the cork will just absorb the adhesive right through to the other side.)

Once you have the both pieces together and have let dry for a little while, place them into the back of the frame. If your frame has the flexible flat driving points, take your screw drive and bend them back down. 

If you don't have the points to fasten the print to the frame, take some brads and a hammer at least two on each side of the ledge of the frame.