Project: chalkboard

So I recently decided I wanted a chalkboard. But the decent sized ones are so damn expensive. My mum recently replaced a black whiteboard we had in the kitchen because none of the pens showed up against the black. So I grabbed the 'blackboard' and a can of chalkboard paint ($10 from typo) and painted myself a chalkboard. 

I painted it with three coats to ensure an even coverage and then painted the edges with silver to neaten it up. Then once it had dried I rubbed it down with a piece of chalk and wiped it off. I read online that covering it in chalk first will prevent that oh so annoying occurrence of still being able to see what's been written after you've attempted to wipe it off. And it worked too. When I wipe off chalk you can't see what was written...yay! 

Finally the board was complete but I still had the issue of hanging it up. I didn't want to screw it into the wall so I had to improvise. I tied string through the holes in the back and hung it up using command hooks. But then it kept falling. Finally the string snapped and I was close to screaming. I bought MORE hooks and triple threaded the string and finally it stays up. 

The magnetic nature of the board still work and I bought a bunch of pretty magnets and using some scrap material and a magnet I made a little chalk holder. 

So this is the finished project!