Tutorial Home Design 3d
Gaspard Xenos
For several years, I made all of my mood boards in Photoshop, but there are several other places that now offer similar services. I have recently started making many of them in PicMonkey, as well, so I had some other alternatives to share with you. The mood boards can technically be done for free using Canva or PicMonkey (with a few added steps), but most of the services have a small monthly fee.
I also love using them to create design boards for spaces in our home that we plan to update or remodel. Most recently, I made this classic coastal bathroom design board for our guest bathroom!
And here is how one of my design boards came to life in our guest bedroom! This collage and text was all made within PicMonkey Pro, as well! I love how the mood boards can really help you envision your space without investing in or buying any products! Sometimes it can be just the push you need to finalize your purchase plans!
Awesome post, thank you! I use mood boards but always struggle with how to remove the background. I use Canva all the time, so I will give that a try. Excellent info, thanks! And I love all your boards and we have the same coastal style! ?
I'm really excited to share my easy, cheap roll-away design wall tutorial today!
If you've been reading along with my blog for a while you may know that I've been in the slow and painful process of reno-ing my basement sewing space. It's been a two year project in the making -
Basement when we moved in 2 years ago:
...and a during picture at some point in the 2 years of chaos... (OY!)
...and what my space looked like a few weeks ago, the front half of the basement and side wall complete -
part of this reno saw me lose my design wall space - which sat on the wall to the right where the bank of glass covered book-shelves sit now - which meant that I had to come up with a solution for some sort of portable or hide-a-way design wall for my space.
I don't have the space to be moving a foam covered board around, and, my sewing space also shares a spare 'room' bed with guests who come to visit and my husband's 'office' corner - all of this crammed into the basement half-basement.
So. I needed something I could hide. Here's what my hacker brain came up with.
I needed to make it roll away. So here it is! An easy, cheap, roll-away design wall system that can be ceiling or wall mounted!
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- 28mm Roller Shade Hardware, like this
- Design Wall flannel - I used this one by Kaufman:
- 1.0" *inner diameter* PVC Pipe cut to 61"
- 0.5" PVC Pipe cut to 59"
- 0.75" Velcro Tape
- Sand paper
- Gorilla Glue
- Screws and Wall Anchors
- Drill, Bits, Hammer, Sharpie marker
Options for design wall flannel to consider:
- Backside of laminated table cloths (flannel backed)
- Gridded flannel yardage
- Fons and Porter Design Wall (aff link to Amazon)
A note/tip from one of my readers, Quilting Farm Wife:
Hi!! going to finish up the design wall soon. Wanted to offer an additional clarification on PVC size (farmers here!! LOL) The interior diameter of the PVC is affected by it's rating for PSI. 450 PSI is the size that you'll need. 200 PSI is a thinner wall, thereby making the mechanism too small. :)Thanks Quilting Farm Wife!!
Directions:1. After determining how wide you'll need your flannel for your design wall and cutting it accordingly, and cutting your PVC pipe about 1" larger than the finished width of your design wall, attach one side of your Velcro tape to the wrong side of the top side of your flannel wall using 2 rows of stitches.
TIP: After completing this step, your needle will be all gummy from the glue from the backside of the Velcro tape - either clean the needle carefully with alcohol wipes or just replace it before continuing.
2. Using a quilting ruler and a Sharpie marker, draw a straight line across your larger PVC pipe - this will be a reference line for your other piece of Velcro. Place Velcro (using it's sticky tape backing) on pipe.
3. Add a dowel pocket to the bottom of the design wall to accommodate the smaller PVC pipe approximately 2" wide. (I didn't bother to even trim the manufacturer edge off and roll a finished edge - I was trying to keep the bulk to a minimum (and let's face it, the work to a minimum, too)
add a nice large dowel pocket to the bottom of your design wall to accommodate the 0.5" PVC pipe piece
4. Zigzag the edge of your design wall to finish the edge (or use a serger to finish the edge). A folded, finished seam may add too much bulk, and when rolling an especially large design wall up you may not have enough clearance between the ceiling and the pipe if you roll a hem, hence the zigzag. Leave dowel pocket end open.
5. You may need to sand your clutch hardware down slightly in order for it to fit snuggly inside the PVC pipe - do not over sand and note - the plastic is brittle. Ask me how I know this. I went through 2 mechanisms because the first I tried to cut instead of sand. It doesn't work. Sand. It doesn't take that long, believe me.
6. After ensuring the mechanisms will fit snuggly, pop them in place with a bit of Gorilla Glue (aff link to Amazon) (don't skip this step - if you do, the mechanisms will spin under the weight of the flannel - again, ask me how I know...) and allow to dry overnight.
make sure you glue your hardware in place and that it fits snuggly and flush.
7. Attach the hardware to your ceiling/wall with the PVC pipe in place. Attach the flannel via the Velcro strip to the PVC pipe, slide your smaller PVC pipe into the dowel pocket and you're ready to roll!
This picture shows it only about half way - it rolls all the way to the floor, so it's nice and long!
What I love about this is that because of the Velcro, I can swap out deign walls when I want - I can take this down and take it to retreats or sew alongs, it's not permanent.
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial!
I am in the midst of finishing up the tutorial for my DIY IKEA cutting table with storage too - hopefully in the next couple of days that one will go live as well. Checking all sorts of to-do's off my list!
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