Back when I worked for Tommy Hilfiger, all of the design walls were covered with a type material that withstood a lot of painting and pinning.  At first I thought it was cork board, but when I touched it and looked closely, it wasn’t that.  So when I asked, I found out it was homasote.

Homasote is this really cool stuff that is made out of recycled paper.  All the paper is compressed under high pressure and held together with glue.  Pretty similar to papier-mâché.  Totally good for the environment.

And totally great for a message board!

You can buy homasote at Home Depot.  It comes in 4’x8′ sheets and is inexpensive – around $20 a sheet.  Best part, you can have it cut there, saving you on time and space in your car.  It can also be cut with a circular saw or by scoring it a zillion times with a utility knife.

Turning a piece of homasote into a message board is easy.

Cut it to your desired size.  With a staple gun, attach a thinner cut of batting, then attach your fabric.

You can add ribbon in which ever pattern you want.  Or no ribbon at all.

And just like that, you have your message board.  Well really, you’ll have several once you cut that big sheet of homasote down.

Clever.  Easy.  Green.  And I’m going to add colorful to that as well.