You can make an oversized chalkboard for your home, business or school using this easy tutorial. It’s so lightweight almost anyone can lift it and move it around. I wanted to make this large piece for a large blank wall in my studio…. it doubles as artwork and a photo prop. I added two quotes to mine to fill up the space. Total cost of materials was $35.
The piece is just an interior hollow core door…..usually retailing about $20 to $30 depending on the size. The typical sizes in Lowe’s or Home Depot range from 30″x80″ to 36″x80″. We primed ours because I’d been using it as the top of a work table for a while and it needed sanding:
The Mr. LBB rolled the door with a few coats of chalkboard paint:
I wrote out the quotes using regular white chalk:
Using it for artwork and want to keep it from smudging? Spray with a coat of Workable Fixatif. To remove the fixatif down the road you’ll just need a light swipe of a damp magic eraser.
I actually worked on a few pieces of art this weekend…..this was one of three. Here’s a peek at the other two…click the image to view:
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Great idea! Now you just need to teach us how to write on it without smudging as we go. : ) That’s my problem. Any tips?
Love the chalkboard! I have an old insert from an old big IKEA coffee table (like sort of a bottom shelf) that I’ve been thinking of turning into an outdoor chalkboard for my girls, so I was super excited to see this post. 🙂
I’ve heard you can make chalkboard paint by mixing 1 cp latex paint with 2 tbsp tile grout or something like that, so I’m thinking of maybe giving it a try. 🙂
I love it! I also just found your website. I know that this will soon be my new obsession. Thank you for being here. Hugs from TX! S
I use aerosol hairspray on my chalkboard to keep it from smudging. Works great and it’s cheap.
How would you get the hairspray off to change the text on the board? Magic Eraser as Ashley suggested?