Chalkboard Paint

You know recently I have been getting into Chalkboard paint.  Of course, I realize that I may be slightly behind the bandwagon on this but I don't care.  The most recent project that we did, I had stolen from the handmade home.  If you have never checked her out, you should.  I originally saw her on Nate Berkus, that's how good she is.

So, we had this totally blah area in front of our kitchen and I remember seeing what she did in her kitchen.

I taped out the area that I wanted to use as the chalkboard with Frog Tape.  (FYI this stuff is the best!)  As you can tell, we have a lovely receptacle right in the middle of our chalkboard.  We changed this to black and I spray painted the cover plate with chalkboard.  For the wall, I brushed on the chalkboard paint.

I tend to be overly excited about completing the project at hand that I typically forget some very important steps.  i.e. protect your boyfriends floor.  Of course, I didn't do this and I had splattered paint all of over the floor.  Luckily he was busy doing something else and never even noticed.

We added trim around the chalkboard to make a frame.  I didn't bother to take off the tape, just put the frame right over it.  I painted the trim prior to installing.  The boyfriend even used his new favorite tool, the Dremel, and carved an area on top for the chalk to rest.

I think it looks nice especially with our new / old stools, which is a whole other story.  Oh and please just ignore the countertops, I do.

-Brie