If I Can't Get to the Cherry Blossoms...

...I invite the cherry blossoms into my home! Taking the beginning of spring as a cue, I decided to "re-upholster" the pinboard in my hallway which was blue with a wooden frame:

In order to balance out the diffence in height, I cut a polystyrene board into the right size and stuck it onto the blue surface:

I then stapled a pretty fabric I bought in Tokyo onto the reverse side of the frame, pulling tightly so as to achieve a super-flat surface. Here's the new pinboard:

DIY success!