I mentioned a few posts ago that I have been a little bit project-obsessed lately. Thankfully, my wonderful Hubby shares this obsession with me. Seriously, give the guy a reason to use a saw or two and he is all for the project. (I know, I am lucky!) This project started as my idea, but John took it and ran with it.
This is a wall in our kitchen.
It needed some love.
I loved the idea of having a chalkboard painted directly onto the wall, but that would have meant sanding down the texture of the wall (and would have madea big mess). We decided on going a little bit different route...
First we determined the size of the chalkboard and cut some molding (found at Lowes) to fit the area.
We found a very thin board, cut it to size (as big as the outer edge of the molding), primered, and painted it with black chalkboard paint. We used about 3 coats. Since it was so hot outside, we had to paint inside. [Notice all the junk in the background, we had a lot going on at once :)]
We let the chalkboard dry overnight, as per the directions on the can. John then nailed the edges of the board to the wall as a preliminary hold.
He started attaching the molding as the frame directly onto the top of the board, piece by piece, using a nail gun.
And voila! The finished product! A beautiful custom chalkboard...perfect for meal plans, messages, love notes, and silly drawings.
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