Design wall .... redux

Mine do on the bamboo/sheet/pulley string setup. Since it rolls from the bottom up, it can be raised as much as needed. If it is a large and/or complex project, I might put a pin in the pieces, parallel to the roll up bars, but my projects are Very Portable.

Hmmm... good question I guess I was thinking that I would be able to just roll it up or even lift it away from the bookcase, get what I wanted and let it back down. If the pieces cling fairly well, I'm thinking that rolling it up with pieces still on shouldn't be too big a problem. Less trouble-some than having to pick them up off the floor cause the grandchildren are coming, or I'm feeling guilty for locking the dogs out. Guess I should just make sure that the books I reference most often are not behind my design wall! Thanks for making me think about it.

Marilyn in Alberta, Canada

I stapled fleece to a vinyl shade and I could roll it up with blocks on it and it worked fine.

Since my stash shelving is now wider than the 72" shade I had, I was going to make Roman shades using fusible fleece backed with blackout fabric to cover up my stash and serve as a design wall, but it occurs to me now that I wouldn't be able to fold it up and hope to keep any blocks on it. Hmmm, back to the rollup shade. I'm glad I didn't already make them.

My design wall IS a roll up blind, sort of. I bought an empty blind roller (about $6) and attached a flannel backed tablecloth (another $6) to it (it's only fairly small). It rolls up and everything stays in place. If anything, it would get squished more into place by the pressure of the roll of "wall".