NewlyWoodwards

an unconventional home

Finally, a chalkboard!

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I’ve finally done it.

I FINALLY HAVE A CHALKBOARD.

And it feels good.

The story starts ages ago. I bought a ginormo frame from Habitat for Humanity in February of 2010 for $3. It was gold-colored and a little rough. But, it was so darn big that I had to buy it. You should have seen me try to get this puppy home.

It didn’t QUITE fit in the Prius. But, it was $3 so I made it work.

And 20 months later, we made it into a chalkboard.

I painted the frame in the same color as the kitchen trim and Ryan attached a thin piece of plywood with chalkboard paint. He added hanging hardware and hung it on the wall. It was clearly twenty months worth of work here.

But, it fits perfectly on this wall in the kitchen. So, I’m a happy girl. I spent most of last night drawing with my chalkboard pens. (And because it inevitably will come up – I bought the chalkboard pens at Michael’s.)

I’m not planning to use it for anything productive. Just doodles and drawings and the occasional love note.

What do you think?

Comments

  1. May I ask where you got the raised three-bowl dog dish? I’ve been looking for one but have only seen twofers! I have two doggies, therefore I need three bowls…one each for their food and one for their water…Yours is perfect!

  2. Love it! It’s perfect there.

    I am obsessed with your doors. They are gorgeous!!!! I love, love, love that you left them beautiful wood. I really want to strip my doors and now I have an idea of how it would look with the white trim.

  3. LOVE how ginormo it is! (is that a word?) Well I’m using it! It’s adorable. Fabulous find for $3. And I’m also loving your fall mantle, by the way! Kicking butt and taking names over here on Newlywoodwards….!

  4. Love it! It was well worth the wait and the hauling. I am assuming you had to move it. Did you already know the grand plan for it then or did you have to convince Ryan as he was hauling it that you were going to make something super cool someday? Because if it is the latter, now you can say “i told you so”. You know if you ever said things like that.

  5. Love!!! Now I want one in my kitchen. Your kitchen looks FABULOUS by the way- so so so pretty. Drooling over here… 🙂

  7. PS- i love those doors next to the chalkboard. the details/color are awesome. are they original?

  9. I adore it! And way to be thrifty on the frame!! Putting a chalkboard in the kitchen was the best thing I ever did, so I know you’ll enjoy it!

  11. You go girl, it is perfect!! You were very smart to buy that frame! Thanks for the Michael’s tip for chalkboard pens!

    Oh, Do come and enter my Designer Pillow Giveaway! (Also a great resource)

    xoxo
    Karena

    Art by Karena

  13. I love it! What an awesome frame! Ooh and I love your striped rug!

    Were the chalkboard markers expensive? I had looked for them at Michael’s one time and they were like $12 or something. I thought that was a little steep.

  20. Way cooler than our boring old not cute white board! ha
    Doodling is always a fun way to pass the time :]

  21. I love how this turned out! The contrast of the frame and the color on your walls is perfect:) Plus, how could you pass up a deal for $3, that’s practically unheard of anymore. By the way, I love the little doggie dish too! I need to get one of those for my puppy:)

  22. How cute! $3? That’s crazy. I hope you don’t mind if I link this up to my site tomorrow….

  23. Looks awesome! And for $3?! I guess I need to start hitting up my Habitat for Humanity ReStore. Nice rigging job in order to get it home!

  28. I love it! And um, can’t beat that price. I need to do something like this in my kitchen. But first I need to finish that damn banquette 🙂