Terracotta pots for $.99
A little help from my friends =) I love watching toddlers hands in action.
Chalk paint drying...
So pretty! Now let sprout some herbs!
Clear glass canisters
Oooh fun labels with chalk! I really hate my handwriting in chalk, I can tell I'm not a teacher.
Pretty mirror
Gorgeous mirror!
So I was oober inspired by a bedroom makeover on another blog and once again changed my mind on how were going to do my daughters room. Not by much but a little. Here is the little silver tray, I painted chalk paint in the middle and wrote "Candy" in pink. I know I'm missing a frame, still trying to find a good match but wanted to give you the idea. The framed prints say "Sweets for my sweet" and "Sugar for my honey". I will post the link where you can find these once I do the complete room reveal =)
Making a chalk board for the laundry room. I told her to spread out newspapers on the floor lol. Yes I'm probably the only painter on earth who doesn't own a drop cloth!
That's better
I was worried after coat one. It just looked like paint, nothing special.
Coat two showed some improvement and a chalkboard like surface.
Finished! I wish this photo had better color quality. It's not urine yellow! I promise. It's an almond color frame and my walls are white. But the kids loved it and I'm anxious to see what all were going to write on it in the future =)
2 comments:
Love your projects - they even have chalkboard paint in designer colours now!
I was wondering though - do you find it hard to get it back to the first black sheen before you ever put chalk on it? I chalkboard painted something and it looked all shiny black, wrote something on it in chalk, erased it... and it never really erased.... jgabriel@shaw.ca
Hi Jessica. Are you priming your chalk surface before you write on it? Once the paint has dried for 24 hours you should rub a piece of chalk on it's side, over the entire paint surface to "prime" it. Then rub it in with a rag or your fingers really good. Then I take a damp cloth and wipe it clean. This prevents your chalk from leaving a permenant mark and then can easily be erased =) I do sometime have problem spots where there is a crevis from the brush strokes. You can also remedy this by running over the surface with some 220 or 320 grit sand paper to smooth it out. Hope that helps!
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