Post #654724 by thomamas on Sun, Oct 7, 2012 12:16 PM

On 2012-09-18 03:51, TIKI DAVID wrote:
Look for burlap that is already colored.

Thanks for your help. I ended up with some linen upholstery fabric, since the burlap I found was showed too much of the backing board.

Before:

and after:

It's also held together much more securely. For the record, the framing points previously used weren't going to permanently hold a heavy sheet of MDF into narrow molding with no extra rabbet depth.

No procedural pictures, since I got lazy and outsourced this one to Kathleen at The Glenn Custom Framing in El Cerrito. I highly recommend her if you're in the East Bay, she knows a lot about Hawaiiana and does a great job with weird stuff like tapa cloth ceiling panels for my breakfast nook. BTW, the web site is out of date. She's across the street and has regular Saturday hours now.

Finally, installed:

Please forgive the white walls -- tiki wasn't originally going to make it into this room but I'm running out of wall space.