Chalk It Up

I first discovered that chalkboard paint exists about 4 months ago. It was an important day in my life. Because I became obsessed. Ohhhh the possibilities I saw...it's pretty amazing what this little bucket of black goo can do.

Only about $15 at your local hardware store (I got mine at Home Depot) and you can transform just about anything into a colorful, embarrassingly entertaining masterpiece. Start small (I started by painting the sides of a bookshelf) and see how you like it. I like it a little too much. If I had my way, I would have a whole chalkboard wall - which is apparently pretty trendy according to design*sponge...all of the following came from submissions there!

My mom would appreciate this gardening trick.

I am going to do something like this soon. I just need to find a table...And I really really really want to paint a piece of furniture the same color as that dresser in the background - obsessed.

I want to purchase a mini-fridge solely for this purpose.

My future house will have a chalkboard door. Or two.

In the (very far) future, when I have kids, they will have a playroom with chalkboard walls. I feel like that would have eliminated a lot of trouble for my own mother. Sorry for trying to test my artistic boundaries Mom...

Taking organization to a whole new level.

Unfortunately we don't own our property, making it impossible to do any of those bigger things that my mind is just spinning with. Someday I will have chalkboard walls & doors & cabinets, etc. For now, I've settled for large hung up chalkboards in our dining area and my bedroom and a bookshelf. I guess that'll have to do.

We use this chalkboard to express our school pride and keep our extensive TV schedule straight (we need TiVo badly).

My personal chalky canvas

This is the bookshelf I was talking about - both of the sides are now chalkboarded.

Now on to the next project...