• Off the bat, I was instantly enamored of these chalkboard ponies, over at Whorange (a blog that I was also instantly enamored of.) These are available through Houndstooth Design's Etsy shop, and I am currently fighting the urge to buy one.
• I love the idea of personalizing chairs, especially in a family or office setting! I have an obsession with rehabbing downtrodden chairs anyhow, and chalkboard paint is an awesome option. This is a great idea from Budget Wise Home.
• Alright, so this one isn't too far "off the wall" but this chalkboard dresser is adorable. I love that it is styled to live in the dining room, housing linens and dishes. Clearly, though, this idea would work beautifully in a bedroom – children's or adult's – craft room or office! Kudos to HomeLife for bringing it out of the bedroom for their tutorial.
• Maryann over at The DIY Club took her paint to some large bottles to use as vases. We love the idea of putting cuttings and flowers in them, and think they could also be amazing centerpieces clustered in different shapes and sizes! Wedding centerpieces, anyone!?!
• I love globes. I have too many of them. They are really weird to move from place to place, as well, because they take up a lot of space and are awkward! But I still have too many of them. And now I want to paint at least one! (Maybe one of the less attractive ones?) Chrissy over at Hoot Design
followed this DIY from Whipperberry, which I also intend to follow!
• Tom Darracott, a designer at Village Green Studios in California created a series of photographs of this chalkboard painted motorcycle helmet. Morbidly titled "Crash Marks," the images are graphically very interesting, and I do like the look of an unexpected object bearing the marks of a writing implement ordinarily reserved for children!
• I swear I'm starting my herb garden this summer. And when I do, I love the idea of using chalkboard painted popsicle sticks as markers! Connie at Bird and Seed simply dipped the end of the sticks in paint and let them dry on wax paper! Easy enough! Now I just need to start the herb garden.
• Bragging Bags has created these wooden eggs painted in chalkboard paint as place cards for weddings, and we're loving them. I may not need 50, but a couple would be cute around the house!
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I'm classic green chalkboarding my 1980 Volvo this weekend!
Some of those are nice, but after looking at the dinning room 'dresser' with the scrawled contents labels the phrase 'chill out' comes to mind.
Is anyone else sick of folks slapping chalkboard paint on everything?
Somewhere (maybe here) I read about using magnetic paint under chalkboard paint. Does anyone have experience in how well this works?
We used magnetic paint under chalkboard paint in our game room. Worked great! And it's the kids' favorite part of the room (even more loved than the pool table Santa brought last year...grrrr....)
I'm sorry, but chalkboard paint was the put-a-bird-on-it of last year.
Chalkboard paint on trophies...finally a solution! Either that or 'put a bird on it.' Or both.
Suzy8track is right - while I love using this sparingly, enough articles about chalk paint already. Part of any design process is knowing when to say when!
craftinamerica...seriously? Please post pix if you do. I recently saw an older car completely covered in leopard-colored fabric. EVERY INCH, including the fenders and all the interior surfaces at well. So I don't think a chalkboard-painted Volvo is all that odd.
Thanks, Tanya. I don't think there are too many chalkboard paint articles. I think this is fascinating and functional. I'm thinking of using it in my pantry for a spot for a grocery list.
Cute looks, but won't the chalk rub off of some of these things easily or are they to be sealed somehow? For example, I wouldn't want my plant markers to rub off-defeats the purpose.
I'm not sure if it works on chalkboard but you can prevent chalk from rubbing off paper by spraying it with hairspray.
The globe is almost poetic.
recently made some chalkboards out of vintage/reclaimed cabinet doors from the rebuild center here in portland... also home of the put a bird on it. so true. and i'm sick of it.
@sukie - http://www.chalkink.com/ChalkInk.com/Homepage.html
i'm in the process of turning an old dresser into a kitchen island. i'm thinking about painting one side in chalkboard paint and i'm REALLY excited about it.
i've got the before pics on my blog right now...
http://crowandquill.wordpress.com/
We're getting ready to chalkboard paint our pantry door, but it's not nearly as good as a Volvo.
Those ponies are just Breyer horses with paint on them. You could just buy your own horse and paint it yourself.
I painted my car in chalkboard paint once. Kept a blog of the random chalkings I would find on it.
http://geochalker.blogspot.com/
@aakid
I've done it. BUT a word to the wise; use 2-3 coats of magnet paint to 1 coat of chalboard paint. And use rare earth magnets.
@Jerid-Thanks for the link. Oh and I get where you are coming from with the bird on everything....but it is fun saying, "put a bird on it" everytime you see something with a bird. Full disclosure: our home has its fair share of bird motifs going on. Mostly on stuff we've had for ages!