I needed a place to hang studies for projects I'm working on, sketches, or a place to hang paintings to dry.  I didn't want to put up something huge and hideous on the freshly painted walls and certainly didn't want to put too many nails in the drywall.  Taping them up never turns out good.

I reached out to a carpenter friend and he dropped off some scraps of pine and cedar planks that had a nice rough surface like barn wood.