Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Drawing on walls

My friend Amy just emailed me about a fabulous product she read about on Daily Candy: magnetic chalkboard paint.


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How cool is that? Not only can you now draw on your walls, but you can also stick stuff directly to them! The thing I most appreciate about this concept is that chalkboards don't have to be black or green. No, now you can have blues and purples and orange or whatever suits your fancy.
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I remember when I was a teenager, my walls were absolutely plastered with pages from magazines (mostly cute boys), photos of friends, posters, mementos... You could barely see the walls. And I can only imagine the damage I probably did to the walls themselves, with sticky tape and thumbtacks. This product seems like the perfect solution.

I remember seeing a great use for chalkboard paint in a family's house- they painted the bathroom walls, then wrote notes to themselves and each other (keeping it clean, of course).

Evidently, you can make your own chalkboard paint, too (via Martha Stewart)

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And here's another idea- the chalkboard paint doesn't have to completely cover a space- you can artistically end it wherever you please.

Alas, I can't vouch for the quality of the paint. Have any of you had any experience with this product? What creative ways would you use it?

3 comments:

Allison said...

I remembered this was from Domino Magazine last year and I did some searching.

http://www.dominomag.com/magazine/2007/01/woodycrest_slide?slide=7

Jennifer said...

How surprised I was to see one of my projects on Hue - via someone else's blog. Things sure do get around.

Whenever I design a child's room I like to create an open-ended environment. Kids and teens change their top faves every 5 minutes. So their rooms need to allow for change, and have some style. In other words, no themes.

This project involved using perforated galvanized steel - cut to order. It was very inexpensive.

I've also had great success with chalkboard paint. You can use it all over - ceilings are fun. It's a bit runny and you have to use a few coats, but it works really well. Also, it's easy to paint over.

Rachel said...

Jennifer- i think your work is so creative, i was just waiting for the right chance to include some in one of my posts. i hope that's okay!

what blog did you find this article on? it must have flown under my radar...