Comments on: diy project: kate’s recycled painting noteboard

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:52:38 +0000

IKEA has discountinued the Bits board :(

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:08:37 +0000

You could do this with a poster, wallpaper, or an enlarged photograph.

I kinda agree with K, especially as the instructions are to “rip[ping] your canvas off..” But on the other hand its much better than it being thrown out.. :S Im going to use some funky fabric i have. :)

By: Frederica

Frederica — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:27:17 +0000

Just because I’m extremely lazy, I wonder if one could leave the painting on the stretcher boards, seal the back of the painting and then put on several layers of magnetic paint on the back? One would probably need neodymium magnets for that application.

By: krystal

krystal — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:47:23 +0000

This is a great idea! I am an artist and have a dozen old paintings that would love some attention. I see where K is coming from, but since it’s my own art work i don’t mind a snickle.

By: Adi

Adi — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:27:43 +0000

I think that this is a great idea, and I have to say to K’s response, that I don’t think that it is harmful at all, nobody will put tacks into the art, just magnets on it! I would be VERY CAREFUL to check if the painting is valuable or not before starting the proj!

By: Abbey Goes Design Scouting

Abbey Goes Design Scouting — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:23:33 +0000

This is an awesome idea!

By: Alicja

Alicja — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:58:46 +0000

I think I would rather have one of my own paintings used this way than to sit in an attic unappreciated. I can completely understand the other point of view. However, I think it’s a great idea.

By: Jessie

Jessie — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:43:48 +0000

Such a great idea – thanks for posting!

By: Samantha Cooper

Samantha Cooper — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 09:19:27 +0000

At first i was sort of taken aback by tacking things onto someone else’s art, but then i actually read the instructions and it’s magnetic, so the painting itself isn’t damaged. It seems some people overlooked this detailed before they commented.

I think this is a really great idea because the painting is given a new life and will actually be admired rather than sit in a thrift store forever.

By: d.Sharp

d.Sharp — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:22:24 +0000

k, I can respect your opinion on this. However, it may be overreaching to assume that all paintings are created as a means of personal expression. Occasionally I will see a commercial advertising a huge art sale at a suburban hotel, and they show an entire conference room full of landscapes and still lifes that look stunningly similar and framed in ornate, gilt ‘wood’. The puzzle as to how Goodwill ends up with so many of those types of paintings is solved for me.

A painting instructor of mine once saw a very early painting of his in an antiques shop a few blocks from the college. He was mortified and purchased it because he couldn’t stand the thought of someone having what in his mind was such a bad painting. He laughed that it was sold at a store called The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.