My contractor friend came in and installed my design wall: 2 4' x 8' Sheets of 1/2" foam insulation that I covered with flannel purchased at Joanns for something like $1/yard ( great sale!). I bought 10 yards of the off-white flannel. The left-over pieces are also covered with flannel in various other places around my quilting room (behind the ironing board and next to the cutting table).

My "studio" (creativity zone) is in the basement and the ceiling is very low - about 6'. So the design wall goes from the ceiling to the top of the baseboard heaters along a 12' stretch of wall.

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It's the only place in the whole house that has that much wall space except the living room behind the sofa and hubby put his foot down against that idea.