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!!
