A Collection Of The Best Chalkboard Paint Ideas
Sam Lutz • December 23, 2014
The invention of chalkboard paint has changed organizational systems in homes, businesses and schools everywhere. Now, any surface that accepts paint, flat or not, can be a chalkboard. Chalkboard paint is fun for children and useful for adults. Thoughtfully implemented, it is attractive and functional. These smart, innovative chalkboard paint ideas will help you use chalkboard paint in your daily life.
Chalkboard Paint Ideas
- Family To-Do Calendar: Use chalkboard paint to cover an accent wall in a centralized area of your home, such as your kitchen, living room or foyer. Next, use white chalkboard pen to draw a permanent calendar in a location where all the family members can read it.
- Cheese Tray Labels: Paint your platter or cheese tray with chalkboard paint. Use the chalkboard surface as a way to label what types of cheeses are located in what location.
- Cabinet Measurement Conversion Tables: Paint the inside of your cabinet door and use white chalkboard pen to write on it the measurement conversion tables, for easy access.
- Wine Glass Labels: This craft is great for people who love to entertain! Dip the base of the wine glass into the chalkboard paint to create a surface where the glass-user can write his or her own name.
- Chalkboard Banner: Paint your banner sign with chalkboard paint and give it an all-purpose, changeable writing surface, so your banner flag can be made to apply to any event.
- Shelf Label: Helpful in classrooms as well as in the home, use chalkboard paint to turn the wall behind a shelf into a giant label. As the contents of the shelf change, so may the labeling.
- Bowl Label: Similar in concept to wine glass labels, swatches of chalkboard paint applied to a bowl can be used to label the contents of the bowl. Great for parties and big family events, bowl labels can keep food clearly identified and prevent mix-ups.
- Drawer Label System: Paint your dresser with chalkboard paint to give yourself a surface on which you can write labels for the contents of the drawers.
- Crock Pot Labeler: Paint the outside of your crock pot with chalkboard paint. Parents who use their crock pot a lot and want to leave cooking instructions to their children or babysitters will find this craft particularly useful.
- Flower Pot Labels: Use chalkboard paint to make a label on flower pots. This is helpful for designating which flower pot holds which herb or species of plant.
- Lunch Box Note: Apply chalkboard paint to the inside of a child's lunchbox. This is a useful and charming way of interacting with kids at school.
- Wallpaper: This is a creative home decorating idea. Use chalkboard paint to cover your walls, and then draw the design on the walls that you wish to see there.
- Small Business Display: Paint chalkboard paint on the walls of your shop to make a changeable display sign.
- Artist Studio Wall Paint: No one will benefit from a changeable, manipulatable chalkboard wall more than an artist in his or her own studio. Apply chalkboard paint to the wall or on multiple walls in the studio to give the artist a useful surface for sketching and brainstorming.
- In-home Menu Board: Alert your family members to the plans for breakfast, lunch and dinner on a daily basis! Paint a large chalkboard square on your kitchen wall and write on it "Daily Menu" in white chalkboard pen.
Resources
DIY enthusiasts interested in the various ways to use chalkboard paint may be interested in these useful resources:
- Benjamin Moore: Creative & Easy Chalkboard Paint Ideas
- HGTV: Our Top Chalkboard Paint Ideas
- Buzzfeed: The 31 Most Useful Ways to Use Chalkboard Paint
Anyone looking for even more ideas can stop in at Ace Paint and Unfinished Furniture. Our friendly and courteous staff is happy to be a sounding board, and provide tips and tricks for using chalkboard paint!
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