There’s a lot of exciting developments going on here at the bungalow, most too premature to share, unfortunately. Suffice it to say that I’m excited and BUSY and the blog will suffer for it.
In spite of the busy-ness, I’ve managed to begin…and I do mean begin…not finish….several projects around the house.
One such project is painting a chalkboard onto this door in my hallway. A suggestion made to me by Bliss of Bliss Ranch when I was discussing “decorating” this hallway of doors.
I painted part of the door with Rustoleum chalk board paint weeks ago and then just left it unfinished.
The project stalled out because I originally had plans to trim it out with some vintage white molding, but realized after I painted the large swatch of door, that I didn’t have enough molding to cover the length and width that I had painted. Ugh!
Yes, it would have been smart of me to measure the amount of molding I had and paint the door accordingly, but of course, that’s not how I do roll. I get a bee in my bonnet to do something and I just go for it…all willy nilly like!
Buuuut, after looking at the roughly painted edges for a couple of weeks, I decided that I actually liked it that way, so it’s staying!
Whew! Crisis averted! Moving on!
While out shopping at T.J. Maxx, looking for those mercury glass lamps, I came across some chalkboard art for sale. So, of course, instead of buying it, I took a picture of it and decided to use it on this chalkboard door.
I loaded it onto my computer and got out my handy dandy project and got everything set up in the hallway to start tracing the design on to my chalkboard.
I used a chalkboard pen instead of actual chalk for this project because I didn’t want the design to be easily rubbed off with the opening and closing of this door. Chalk pens are semi-permanent. They can be easily removed with water, but won’t smudge when touched!
It’s an easy, but fairly time-consuming project, so I chose a design that is timeless and not seasonal. I can’t see myself spending two to three hours in my hallway drawing new designs every month. I’m just not that into it!
I’m not only thrilled with how it came out, but I’m ecstatic that I finally got a project finished! Woohoo!
FYI, I’m almost finished with the kitchen…
Bye from the bungalow,
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Hi, I'm Jean. I live in historic Butte, Montana in a Craftsman home built in 1920. This blog is all about my adventures (and sometimes misadventures) in updating and decorating my house with antiques and vintage goods I find at garage sales, thrift stores, estate sales or wherever cool things from the past are waiting to be discovered.
Wow, you nailed that perfectly, Jean! I love it! I love all the chalkboard art I see on Pinterest but I am hopeless at this sort of thing.
THAT looks great- You did a wonderful job on it. I love it!!!! xo Diana
I have a really stupid question. It’s stupid because obviously it doesn’t or you wouldn’t be able to trace, SO how do you keep your body from covering the image between the computer and wall when you stand in the middle to trace?
Bliss
good question Bliss… I was wondering the same thing. I think it is fantastic and you did a awesome job Jean. I love it, but my hand is not steady enough to do that.
Thanks for sharing this great idea.
Blessings,
Audrey Z. @ Timeless Treasures
Super cute!
Liz
Hi, Jean
This looks great. Love how it turned out and the saying is great too!
Vanessa
I walked into her house on Tuesday to discover her standing (teetering) on a little teeny tiny step stool in her workout clothes. Jean was making it look soooo easy. I stood there, enthralled until she finished the project. All went smoothly until one of the cats moved the tripod. GASP!! but easily fixed and onward until it was done. It looks so great!!!!!
Wow Jean that looks so cool! You did a great job!
xx
Anne
Absolutely perfect!
Great idea ~ I love it!
I love it! Those chalkboard pens are a great alternative to chalk….I’m with you, I sure wouldn’t want to be re-doing an already done project. Great job!
Great job!!! I never thought of using a projector to transfer an image but I’m going to do that when I finally get my kitchen pantry door chalkboard!