We are about to have a chalkboard wall painted in our kitchen. My husband and I have loved our magnetic chalkboard [Pottery Barn white framed] for writing lists, magnetizing magazine cut-outs we think the other will enjoy, scribbling Keats and Rilke excerpts and limericks* in the corners.
In the home we just settled into, we donated the chalkboard to the children's space and hung it low with a nearby pile of chalk for ready use. We have no canvas for our inside jokes, our lists of funny coffee shop titles**, our please more half and half and floss-es. I love how chalkboard walls give weight and aesthetic interest to a room when slick and clean, and perhaps look even better when written all over by little eager hands. Here are some rooms that do chalkboards great.
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*Ann Boleyn was hot,
King Henry was hot to trot.
He took her to bed,
then cut off her head:
The life she had thought, it was not.
**Legal Grounds [offering legal advice with your cup of jo]
Eggs in the City
Dosey Doe Coffee House
Insomnia
Miso Funny Cafe
4 comments:
I love reading you on houzz! I'm getting pretty good at picking out which update is yours, thanks to your lovely writing voice.
You know that I am basically a casual traditionalist when it comes to style. How would you define yourself?
Wow thanks for following my other little writing on houzz. Casual traditionalist, how nice of a phrase. I was just this last week having a conversation on how helpful it can be to have a set phrase like that to identify ourselves and style, be it clothing or at home... I would say English classic with a touch of bohemia.
Insomnia = a coffee shop Z and I visit weekly.
My husband job moves us every couple of years and so I can't paint on my walls with chalkboard paint but he recently made me some very large hanging chalkboards that I filled that urge for me to do this. Love the ideas and chalkboards warm my little girl heart. =]
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