DIY Chalkboard Wall

Do you have a wall that you don’t quite know what to do with? Give it a load of personality by turning it into a DIY chalkboard wall that the whole family will love!

This is my front door.  Nice door.  Now look at the wall next to it… Not so nice wall. A wall that is always dirty!  Always dirty!  Full of not so-little-hand black marks.  I won’t tell who they belong to, I’ll just say that I got tired of looking at that wall.

Using some masking tape, I marked off sections of the wall on top and on the bottom. You can see the nasty dirt on the bottom of the picture.  I wasn’t seeing red here, I was seeing black!!  

Black?   Yes Black!!    Black Chalkboard paint. 

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The first coat went on and it looked…horrible.  Like I let a two year old run wild in my house.

Four coats later, and we were doing much better, thank you! 

But it was still not complete.  These are foam crown moldings.  They are used to connect the wall to the ceiling, creating ambiance.  How about some ambiance for my dour black wall?  
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The crown moldings were painted using three different colors to  give them depth. 
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A wall is a wall, except when it is not a wall.  It is a blackboard, complete with frame.  
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I let it cure for 24 hours. 

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I  then passed a  piece of chalk, holding it sideways all over the surface, to cover all the pores. Then I wiped it with a rag. 

And now for the fun!  Time to see some black!

Now you tell me is that not an improvement from the before? 
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And now I’ve got the perfect wall for  Thanksgiving.  Maybe I’ll practice drawing turkeys next. Now is this not the best way to hide a dirty wall?  Or should I say, I am seeing black, with a smile on my face.

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