apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

Ugh enough with that "offbeat" idea of putting graphics where actual furniture/fittings/accessories could have been. Graphics (stick-on vinyls and otherwise, like in this example) of lampshades or a standing light fixture beside a reading chair, or pots and pans in front of a crockery cabinet, or toiletries right above the sink are really stale. I think it's really silly-looking. I cannot explain it (and am certainly quite puzzled by my behaviour myself), but I feel really annoyed every time I see another example of this terrible idea.

Can chalkboard paint be used in the bathroom?

I saw this in the downtown Seattle store...so cool, and apparently painted on canvas. brilliant.

Amen, siongchinchan! I think this idea is rapidly becoming the bird silhouette of 2008. It's maybe even more contagious. I do like the green chalkboard paint, though, and this particular use of it doesn't grate on my nerves as much as decals do. Still, I'd much rather see something else drawn on it.

in the Anthropologie I work at they cut some old books in half and glued the bookend on some of the chalk outlines

I used chalkboard paint on an old entertainment center. Photos at my Flickr account.

I think it would work in bathroom that didn't get very damp.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mdeathstar/

mdeathstar, you did a GREAT job with that entertainment center!!

Thanks!