I painted the inside of pantry door with chalkboard paint when I redid the kitchen cabinets before we moved in so I could keep a grocery list, but in my heart of hearts I wanted something really dramatic, like a full wall of chalkboard right out in the open. Then I pinned this recipe for custom-colored chalkboard paint from Martha Stewart, which I had seen used on several of my favorite craft blogs:
What could be easier, right? But I still didn't do it for one reason or another . . . until today!! It was super easy and I LOVE IT.
I plan to frame it out with white molding to match the chair rail on the beadboard in the living room and make it look a little more finished. I'll probably organize the artistic chaos a bit in the future {so we have room for phone messages}, but we had a good time breaking it in today.
I realize that I missed out on the whole point of custom colored chalkboard paint by making it black, but that's the color I wanted. Just to save you all some time, the unsanded grout is cheapest at Home Depot (about $4 for a bigish box as opposed to $12 at Lowes}, but if you live in the Chandler area I'd be happy to share a couple tablespoons with you. Because I only used 4 tablespoons on this project. Out of a 5 pound box. That's a lotta' leftover, even if I decide to chalk-up my entire house.
I think this is my favorite of all my pin-spired projects so far, just because it's been such a long time coming. The kids have had so much fun with it today, too. Thanks for checking in today! Check back tomorrow for a couple of flip-flop makeovers! For the complete list of projects click here:
LOVE it!! It looks great!
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