Big Big Chalkboard



Before I show you the BIG BIG CHALKBOARD let me tell you how it all came about. For about a year now I have been wanting to make a chalkboard but just never got around to it. Then one day I found the perfect frame. It was a mirror from an old dresser, probably from the 1940s. I easily transformed the frame. First I primed it, then painted it, then color washed it and finally I distressed it. My husband cut a piece of masonite that we purchased at Home Depot. Then came the hard part. I had never painted a chalkboard and wasn't quite sure how to go about it. So I called my friend Paula. She has painted chalkboards before so I wanted to get her expert advice. She recommended I use Rustoleum chalkboard paint and apply at least 3 coats, letting each coat dry overnight. She says she likes to apply it with a foam brush. Then you should wait about a week before you use it. So this is what I did and this is how it turned out.
After I show you mine I will show you the Big Big one she had just purchased.

I love how it turned out.



Shortly after I finished the chalkboard I found the perfect easel to display it.

This is the frame before I painted it.



I think I could have painted the mirror but it was just too heavy. Masonite is much lighter weight.

This is the frame primed. I also found another frame to work on.



The top of the frame is what sold me.

Then the frames kept coming :)

Okay. Enough about me. Let me show you the BIG BIG CHALKBOARD.

The day I called Paula for advice she told me she had just been to an auction and bought a huge sign originally made and used by artists.
Paula's plan was to turn it into a chalkboard.

Paula lives in a neighboring town from me so by the time I got around to going to her house, she had it all finished.

I love knowing artistic people. You never know what they will come up with next.

This would be so perfect in a restaurant or a little girl's bedroom.  

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