While Ryan and I were up in Bend a few weeks ago, we stumbled upon the idea of a chalkboard door!
The door that leads to the garage is right smack dab in the middle of our kitchen. It's kind of an awkward set up, and looked even more awkward because the door was an off-white, but a different off white than our cabinets. See:
So we went into Home Depot and picked up some chalkboard paint.
$8 per can.
While we were there we also saw magnetic primer! Paint a few coats on and wa-la! Magnetic door!
$22 per can. More than enough to apply three coats to our door.
So now we have a:
Looks way better, huh? And just think of the possibilities!! We can do menus, recipes, notes to each other (like: "Hey Kevin, I get home at 2:00 today...bake me some cookies). We can make brackets for tournaments, decorate for any occasion, or root on our favorite team!
What else is there to do with chalkboard paint?
Here are some other ideas that I love:
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