blackboard walls

published September 2, 2008 in diy projects, inspiration and interiors | email | print

Creating a blackboard wall in your kitchen (or any other room) is very easy! Most paint manufacturers have chalkboard paint in their collection. Here in The Netherlands Flexa has chalkboard paint in their VT Wonen collection. In the US you can find chalkboard paint at Benjamin Moore.

You can paint an entire wall (see top image) or just a door (image above) or part of a wall.

If you don’t want too much black in your home, you can also use chalkboard paint in another color. I know that Flexa has also other colors than black in their chalkboard paint collection. You can use for instance white chalkboard paint and then write on it with brown crayons.

If you don’t want to paint your walls with chalkboard paint you can also use a large schoolroom blackboard.

(images from Christine Lane Interiors, Living Etc, VT Wonen & Marie Claire Maison)

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12 responses

porter Sep 2, 2008 at 7:54 pm

Can’t go wrong with the black board walls. They always are so great!
porter Sep 2, 2008 at 7:54 pm

Can’t go wrong with the black board walls. They’re always are so great!
Chrissy@TheHome Sep 2, 2008 at 8:56 pm

This is one of my favorite kitchen and family room ideas. Even better when you layer magnetic paint behind it!
Julie at Remodelista Sep 2, 2008 at 11:28 pm

Nice roundup. Actually, though, none of the images here are from Christine Lane interiors. We ran that one on Remodelista in our roundup back in July:
http://www.remodelista.com/2008/07/18/house-call-blackboard-walls/
sara's art house Sep 3, 2008 at 1:59 am

I LOVE these walls! I am in the process of tearing wallpaper off of a wall in my kitchen so I can paint a chalkboard wall- SO FUN!!!
simplygrove Sep 3, 2008 at 5:21 am

These images are perfect to look at right now since I am in the process of trying to figure out where to do a blackboard wall. These all are lovely!!!
Maryellen Sep 3, 2008 at 7:43 am

We’re renting here in The Hague (and cannot paint) and have been looking for a large chalkboard for our kitchen. Can you recommend a resource? My Dutch is limited, so I am not really sure what to ask for. Thanks!
Tina Sep 3, 2008 at 8:05 pm

Can’t go wrong with a blackboard wall. Fantastic idea’s!
Suzie Sep 3, 2008 at 11:02 pm

Super post! Love it.
Also great for children!
danielle Sep 4, 2008 at 4:35 pm

Thanks for all your kind comments. I am happy to hear that you enjoyed this post!!

Julie, Thanks for letting me know! When surfing the net I save photo’s for
future posts. I probably wrote down the wrong source here.. I will correct it (if I can find the source).
jennifer ramos Sep 6, 2008 at 3:36 am

GREAT POST! I made a blackboard for my kitchen, with blackboard paint…you can see more it on my blog:

http://madebygirl.blogspot.com/2008/08/lovin-my-chalkboard.html

Jen Ramos
‘100% Recycled DESIGNER Cards & More’
http://www.madebygirl.com
madebygirl.blogspot.com
JoblessPunk Oct 11, 2008 at 12:56 pm

sweeet!