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Did You Ever Envision Chalkboard As pretty As This One?

Posted on by MiniOwls
I you are a parent then you may know already that children can be very persistent. My daughter Olivia asked me probably a million times for a chalkboard wall in her room. She heard a big “NO” as an answer with two reasons behind it:

Number 1: chalk makes a lot of dust, and chalk powder all over the floor would drive me crazy.

Number 2: a big, black piece of the wall doesn’t fit into my imagination of a young girl’s bedroom which should be nice, soft, and pretty.

As smart as Olivia is – one day she found a solution to problem #1 – the dust. She presented me with an idea of a “chalk marker”. Now there was only one reason why she couldn’t have it. I have to admit, it was very clever of her as she knew that her creative mother, will come up with a solution on how to make an ugly-looking square box look nice and pretty. It was only a matter of time. And this day has come.

Believe it or not, I found inspiration in this idea:

Now I had to transform my vision into reality.

I thought that it would be a great surprise for her when she comes back home from a three weeks long, scout camp. I didn’t have much time to spare so I started this project by finding some online images of butterflies that I liked and could use. This one looked good to me:

First, I created a word document to see if the whole concept could work. I like to visualize things I will work on as much as I can. It looked like a good idea, so it was time to begin.

I made my butterfly stencils. Then mark the ‘chalk to be’ area. Then I placed on the wall previously cut-out stencil and painter’s tape to mark up an area where the paint would go.

To create a feeling of butterflies flying off the wall (at least that was what I was hoping to accomplish) I have cut out some butterflies on a painter’s tape and added them on the wall beside the stencil.

At first, Olivia’s name was part of a design – but while working on the project I decided to replace it with an inspirational quote for her. I found a few that I liked a lot:
I couldn’t decide which one would be the best choice. So I asked my friends on Facebook for advice and this way Quote #1 was chosen. I wanted the sign to be imprinted on the chalk wall, so I made it on the painter’s tape.
The hardest part was placing it straight on the wall.

The next step was to apply the chalkboard paint.

Removing the painter’s tape was a little bit difficult but manageable and it was all worth it in the end.

I have in front of me the best-looking chalkboard wall ever!

Take a closer look.
Do you think Olivia will like it as much as I do?

chalkboard wall

12 thoughts on “Did You Ever Envision Chalkboard As pretty As This One?”

    • Margaret says:

      Hi Brandi, Yes i did painted directly to existing paint on the wall.
      I did not use any primer for that. Chalk paint was covering perfectly.

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  5. Sakruda LED Desk Lamp says:

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    • Margaret says:

      Hi Susie,
      Thank you so much!
      Unfortunately the chalk markers did not wash off as well as I would like them too. when we tried to washed chalk off there were still shadows visible. I have to say that this turned out to be more decorative then practical. But I sill loved it!!!

      Reply

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