This past weekend I embarked on what I consider to be a very big adventure: painting in my apartment. Yep, you read that right! Per my lease I am allowed to paint whatever I want, so long as I paint it back to white before I move out. It seems the latest craze in painting is Chalkboard Paint. Basically, you paint your surface with this mixture and it becomes a chalkboard. The possibilities with this are seemingly endless! I have seen so many crafts on Pinterest involving chalkboard paint that I finally decided to jump on the band wagon.
What I really want to do is paint the wall in my entryway to be a gigantic chalkboard. However I actually thought things through for once and decided it would be smart to do a trial run first. Luckily for me I have this small little patch of wall in my room that is the perfect place to turn into a chalkboard/picture area. So, my next step was to gather my supplies! Now friends, the recipe for chalkboard paint appears to be pretty cheap, but don't be fooled! I think I ended up spending about $35 on supplies once I added in things like a paint roller, drop cloth, etc. However, it does make a lot of paint! So, my suggestion would be to pick a big project, like my wall, or to do a bunch of small projects all at once.
All in all the process was really easy. I taped off my area with painters tape, mixed my paint and painted two coats. The longest part was waiting the hour in-between each coat! Once everything was dry, I was a little unsure that I had mixed correctly because honestly, the area just looked like I had applied black paint. But thankfully, a little chalk quickly proved me wrong!
Now that I know what I'm doing, I'm ready to tackle the entryway! Sadly, this project will not be done in a day like the small one was. Probably going to be working on it for a while...
As always, thanks for reading!
Lauren
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