One of my dear friends stopped by today. We haven't seen eachother for a few weeks so its always so nice to catch up, laugh and talk story. She is a fellow blogger. Love her blog. If you ever get a chance or need a good laugh visit her blog http://timeforb.blogspot.com/. I was telling her about my new adventure into the blog world. She had some great ideas and recommendations. Her first one was I should write a post about all the chalkboard in my house. Loved that idea! So here it is:)
Chalkboard paint is the new big thing! It seems like all my friends are chalkboard paint happy. My obsession with chalkboard paint started years ago after a friend of mine painted a chalkboard wall in her sons room. I fell in love! I wanted to chalkboard everything! When we moved into are home four years ago we had to redo everything. We didn't have much money so everything we did had to be budget friendly. I wanted to get new doors for my kids rooms but couldn't afford to get brand new ones so I went to Maui's restore and picked up two doors for $20. We remolded a lot of are house from things from are Maui restore. Check your local one out. You will be suprised to what you find there. With a little elbow grease and an imagination you can have what you want but for a much lesser price. The doors I found were in rough shape.They needed some help so I decided to paint them a fresh coat of white. Then I painted the raised part chalkboard. I went back and forth not knowing if I wanted black doors facing are living area but once I did the first one, I knew they were perfect. They have been such a blessing. We write messages, decorate them with chalk drawings ect. I adore them. The kids love them too! I had a friend recreate these in her own home but put magnetic paint underneath. Brilliant idea. You need like 20 thousand coats though.
When are kitchen was being remolded after a water leak. I really wanted to incorporate a chalkboard wall somewhere. We were enclosing are laundry nook. So with the help of my friend and contractor we decided the wall and pocket door to the laundry room would be the best place. The door we chose for the laundry room was just a plain slab door which was great. To make sure the chalkboard wall was smooth and not textured, my contractor used a smooth pressed board. I primed it all and then painted it with the chalkboard paint. It took three coats. I think it turned out pretty well. We are such a visual family so its great to put verses we are memorizing, shopping list or schedule that week.
I found these jars from Pier One about three years ago. I LOVE them. They are great for everything. My friend made her own out of chalkboard paint and jars she already owned. They turned out beautiful.
I found two of these pictures frames at Ross one day for only $2 each. The only thing was they were pink and blue and were meant for baby pictures. I thought it would be a cute idea to paint them with the chalkboard paint. I had them put away in a box for awhile and forgot I even had them. I brought them out for the fall:)
I could post many more pictures but these are my favorite. Chalkboard paint is so fun to work with! You can practically use it anywhere on anything. Go for it! See what you can paint. Warning: You might get a very addicted :) My husband has to tell me from time to time "Put down the chalkboard paint!"
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