One post on Pinterest I have always liked is this post from The New England Southerner. Of course, my hallways aren't anywhere near as large as hers. But I do have a short hallway that connects my master bedroom with the rest of the house. And I found some fabric that I loved:
I have always loved teal and brown. This fabric was at Hobby Lobby and was less than $6.00 per yard on sale!
Then, I went to Home Depot to buy some foam board like this. I paid $8.76 for the 4' X 8' sheet. We cut it (roughly) in the store to fit in our SUV. Then my wonderful husband cut two pieces that are 20" X 4.5'.
Sunday afternoon, I cut the fabric with a little extra on the sides. I then pulled out my hot glue gun and glued the sides first, pulling the second side tight. Then I worked on the top and bottom, basically folding it the same way that I wrap packages. All in all, it worked well. (The only casualty was the index finger on my right hand...turns out that hot glue is actually hot!)
After I finished gluing the fabric to the board, we had to decide how to hang them. We purchased adhesive hanging hooks like these (but we bought ours at Wal-Mart). Warning: the adhesive isn't strong enough, so we had to use glue to attach them to the styrofoam and we put two of them per picture. And, we hung them upside down so the hook is at the top. Then, we hung these picture hangers on the wall (seems a bit backwards!) to put the hooks through (with the straight edge up and teeth down). Since the foam is light, it worked, but I wouldn't want to take them off and on the wall or move them often.
The hubby hung them today. Here is the final result:
Sorry about the poor pictures. I couldn't get a better shot because of the short hallway.
So, what do you think? I really like them. And, I can't wait to add some accessories to the small table on the left.
