Cabinet Door to Chalkboard

Project difficulty level: CBE {couldn't Be Easier}



As a flea market vendor, I have seen many picture frame chalkboards. I think this is a very good upcycle use of vintage frames.

But, I always like to come up with something a bit different.




This spring I found a huge pile of discarded cabinet doors...very nice, already painted white and antique glazed!

I didn't know what I was going to do with them, but home they came...waiting for inspiration to hit.




A couple of days ago I bought my first can of blackboard paint and went to work on one of my stash. The knob was already gone, but I took off the hinges. I taped off everything except the raised center panel. I sprayed that with two thin coats of blackboard paint letting it dry in between each coat.

Tip: Tape off tightly because the blackboard paint can get through tiny gaps onto your outside frame. I know from experience.

Then per the paint directions, I broke-in the blackboard surface by rubbing it with the side of chalk, and wiping it off.




That still left me with the hole where the cabinet door handle had been. I thought about putting hooks along the bottom.

Then, I thought about lining the bottom edge with buttons (In fact, I had already glued one on) when I looked around my studio and spied a jar of dominoes. That was it!!! I love the dominoes color with the white paint of the cabinet doors.




Then all that was left to do was to add a hanger on the back. Or I could have used an easel for displaying it like the picture below..





I like to say, "Keep it simple, sister." Use what you have, make something from nothing, and have fun with your stuff!!