Twelve Creative Uses for Chalkboard Paint in Your Home

Twelve Creative Uses for Chalkboard Paint in Your Home

In case you haven’t browsed through any home decorating catalogues lately, here’s a newsflash: chalkboards are hot. Leaf through high-end home catalogues and you’re likely to see the classic black erasable surfaces cropping up on everything from flower pots to storage baskets. Chalkboard surfaces offer many benefits. They allow homeowners to personalize their homes, furnishings, and accessories, to decorate with words—from the mundane to the inspirational, and to change their minds and decor—daily!

Although chalkboards in their many forms can be found in stores and catalogues, a much more cost-effective option is to purchase a can of chalkboard paint and create your own one-of-a-kind chalkboard surfaces. Two coats of chalkboard paint will turn ordinary objects and spaces into unique masterpieces. Colored chalk allows you to have even more fun with your chalkboard creations.  Here are twelve creative ways to use chalkboard paint throughout your home:

In the Dining Room: Apply two coats of chalkboard paint to the surface of your dining table. Imagine the possibilities: you can draw on a faux “tablecloth”, draw unique seasonal or celebrational placemats or place cards, or write a question in the center of the table each night to use as a dinnertime conversation starter. If you run out of topics, look to the internet for inspiration; a number of websites offer free lists of family-friendly conversation starters.

Another dining room option is to paint a piece of foam core board with two coats of chalkboard paint and frame it in an ornate thrift store frame. Hang it in the dining room or breakfast nook, where it can display the menu for a dinner party or a food-related message or phrase such as “Eat, Drink, and Be Merry”, “Mangia!”, or “Bon Appetite.”