Chalkboards in the Kitchen

If you were thinking about adding chalkboard paint to your home, but not sure where to do it- how about the kitchen? We love the immediate cafe atmosphere a chalkboard in the kitchen creates. It's the perfect accessory to the modern family kitchen and a little bit goes a long way.

We rounded up just a few images to give you some inspiration and get you thinking about all of the possibilities. We especially like a white kitchen with black chalkboard paint and at least one brighter accent color.

If you're not ready for the commitment of paint, you can always buy a smaller chalkboard or buy a peel and stick chalkboard. The kids can use it for doodles, you can use it for meal planning, grocery lists, or recipes, or you could even just write a quote up there to set the tone for this important room.

Do you have a unique use of chalkboard in your kitchen? Send us your photos!

(Images: 1. Living,etc. 2. Noisette Family 3 and 4 Belle Maison 5. BKids)

Comments (6)

An alternative to chalkboard paint is chalkboard Vinyl that can be removed at any time without damaging the paint behind it! It comes in many colours - we used black to cut cute labels for our glass kitchen storage jars, and the rest went up on a wall space floor to ceiling (about two feet wide). The kids can draw to their hearts content while I make dinner. We also use chalkboard markers rather than chalk, to keep dust down.

Chalkboard markers?! How have I never heard of these before? I'm on it!

Great idea using the vinyl panels as labels!

We also use the vinyl panels on our pantry doors and love them - I have them up high for now/my use, but plan to move one down to child's height when my now-10-month-old is ready.

Chalkboard markers?! Where the heck do you get those?! We have a 3x4' chalkboard, but it gets so messy, we don't use it very often. :( This post caught my eye, because I've been thinking about doing this somewhere fun, like a big bare space in the hallway, etc., or somewhere functional, like the kitchen. :)

I did a post about this on my blog. I got the chalkboard markers at Joann's for about $10. You can also get it from Amazon. It's called Chalk Ink. FYI, if you keep it on for more than a few days, it kinda stains the chalkboard paint. It takes a bit of elbow grease to get it off.

http://ayoska.wordpress.com/2008/09/08/chalkboard-paint-ideas/

I have one whole wall of my kitchen painted with chalkboard paint and I keep a giant calendar on it to help my family keep track of the month's events. I use chalkboard markers, they are so much more vibrant than chalk. Plus less chalk dust and the kids can't wipe it off. I use a wet rag and a magic eraser to get them off at the end of the month.

there's a picture of my wall on my blog:
http://plumedandy.blogspot.com/2009/09/chalkboard-calendar-inspiration.html

We have a laundry room door that is painted with chalk and we've used the "Paint chalk", but it is REALLY tough to erase. I still have spots that haven't completely come clean. We now just use good old fashioned chalk and I wipe the floor with a wet cloth to pick up the chalk dust. :)