Fabric-covered cork board

I saw a simple cork-board at le dump earlier this fall, and I passed it by. Yup. Walked right by, didn't think I would want it, headed straight for the other shelves.  Silly me.  While I was conversing with the on-site recycling specialist he pointed out that there were actually TWO cork boards available, one large unframed board, and a smaller one framed in wood. So, ok, I took the small one.  I didn't take a before picture, imagine a bulletin board made of cork, then imagine one with an unpainted, unstained wooden frame around it. There you go.

At first I thought I would paint the frame, then I decided to go all out girly and cover it with fabric to make it into a jewelry holder. Cue fabric-hunting music.  A trip to the local Goodwill led me to two linen skirts, one salmon pink, the other black.  ~$2.50 each, and I think I even used my student discount.  Here they are drying after a vigorous wash.

buy, wash, craft!

Then the spray paint got involved.....

not quite what I had in mind

 ...but it turned out to be not quite the shade I had envisioned. Too reddish, not old gold enough, you disappoint me spray paint can [head shaking side to side slowly].  Not one to give up on this frame I thought I could simulate the look of bronze by going over the gold with black permanent marker. Don't judge, I was using what I had on hand.

can permanent marker fix this mess?

At some point I realized that in order to wrap the cork properly I would need to disassemble the frame and remove the work board.  

if you squint it sort of looks like bronze, promise.

Here is the frame, in all its permanent-markered glory, after I pried it open to get the cork out. Hmmm, still kind of ugly, especially up close.  After coming to a place of acceptance regarding the ugliness of the frame color I decided to spray paint the whole frame white. Even that was a chore, it took multiple coats and I finally stopped when I achieve some color I'll call... driftwood (said in a breathy mystical voice accompanied by an expansive hand gesture).

Wrapping the corkboard with the salmon pink linen was pretty straightforward. I wanted to have the decorative seam running diagonal across the board, so there were a few strategic drops of super-glue on the front in order to secure it before I started to pull and staple on the back.

Here is a close-up of the seam detail near the top left corner.

seam detail from the original skirt

I found these decorative push-pins with hooks at my local hardware store, they were probably the most expensive part of this project since I bought 3 packs (3 pins/pack).

After the re-assembly and addition of hanging hardware my new jewelry display was ready for the wall.

 The salmon pink fabric is not quiiiite a perfect fit against the blue walls, but it works for now.  What color combos you would have chosen for the freestyle project?