I love this pic that I spotted last week in a post by Jeanine on how to make guests feel more welcome. Since I've been working on a headboard for our own bed (and not getting it quite right yet), I thought this was a great idea: just use a big chalkboard with a nice wood frame with different drawings for fun...
The best thing would be to find an old chalkboard with character, but I thought I'd help out by pulling a quick list of some good chalkboard resources both old and new:
>> Factory 20
>> Ghent Traditional School Chalkboards
>> Blue Bell Bazaar on Etsy, turns vintage wood frames into chalkboards, but she only has one right now.
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Okay, I love chalkboards, and I love how this looks. HOWEVER, the last thing I would want to do is sleep inches from chalkboard dust all night. Not kind to anyone with any sort of respiratory sensitivity.
Color me unimpressed...
...one of the last things I want on my pillows is chalk dust.
could be fun but kinda dirty
stop insisting, never gonna happen.
Agreed. Could you even imagine what your morning breath would taste like? Hmmm... calcium chloride is so refreshing!
Chalk markers can get rid of your dust problem!
...and if you're mad at your partner - Imagine waking him/her up with the sound of fingernails running down that blackboard.
Oh, Marital Bliss...
Ick
lol
sweet jesus, if you were doing this for a headboard, wouldn't you just wash down the damn chalkboard and then write your cute little message? it's not like chalk spontaneously and continually emits dust!
Coupled with the side of the bed pushed against the wall, this sleeping situation is my definition of hell.
Yeah... if this were a Hot or Not, I'd definitely say not.
The chalk dust fallout onto my pillow might dissuade me on this one. But if you can easily take it down and draw something pretty, then maybe.
the thought of the feeling of writing on a chalkboard gives me chills . . . so chalkboard decor never gives me a welcomey feeling.
I'm so over the chalkboard paint everywhere on everything trend. The only place it belongs is in the kid's room. Seems like there are at least two posts a day on chalkboard something. Move on...
Yes, my ideal sleeping space is in a grade-school classroom. Should we roll out mats on the floor for naptime?
;-P
I love this picture, too. But that has more to do with the color scheme and the vintage look. The chalkboard as a headboard may be pretty neat, if you never actually used it to write on with chalk.
I'm over the chalkboard thing too, and this is probably the worst incarnation of that trend I've seen.
Mr. Dangerous- my thoughts exactly.
It's a great way to keep a running tally of your, um, "guests."
gross. gives me goose bumps just thinking about accidentally scraping my nails on it in the middle of the night.
VLADCOLE - Exactly.
David - FUNNY & really quite an idea.. but not on a chalkboard....