Making Cornices Foam Board

In fact she doesn t even use wood she uses a foam board.

Making cornices foam board.

I had the store cut the wood to my dimensions and then i screwed it together the building of the board couldn t have been easier. Making cornice boards from foam insulation board is a great way to jazz up the decor of any room. We found a gorgeous textured grey fabric that we wanted to use for making a foam board cornice. Cut a piece of foam board to the width of the window plus 6 inches.

With our cornices i used a brown herringbone wool suiting fabric similar to these which happened to be on close out virtual fist pump. Here s a similar foam idea. One weekend eric and i took a road trip to charlottesville and hit up the local u fab there. You can use duct tape to secure 2 pieces together if the measurement is longer than the foam board.

They are lightweight and easy to install. Here is what i did. Via rappsody in rooms. Score and break two side pieces of foam for the cornice board valance the same height as the main valance piece and 2 inches wide.

Via the crafting chicks. I opted for wood because the least expensive 10 pine board 8 was around the same price as the other options 10. One snow day a few weeks ago i set out to make one. Foam board cornice tutorial materials needed.

Plug in the hot glue gun and insert a glue stick to heat. Regardless of whatever the right official name is for them they are easily one of my favorite ways to dress a window especially as a budget conscious renter. Genius and really inexpensive. Our foam cornices are lightweight sturdy and amazingly simple to assemble.

Window box valance cornice box pelmet box i ve seen this kind of window treatment called all sorts of things. You can make a fabric covered cornice board out of styrofoam foam insulation or wood. This cornice is 11 inches high.