Chalkboard Pantry Door

With the basement renovations going on, we have had to choose new doors for the new space. Which has led my husband to wanting new doors for upstairs to replace the honey colored hollow 70's standard interior door.


I have had a hankering for a chalkboard something or other in my house, preferably a real slate one, but not having found one at auction yet, I'll settle for painting a chalkboard surface somewhere. Then, it clicked. If my hubby wants to write off those old doors sometime anyway, then why not paint one until then?

So here's the pantry door (ignore the pantry please - but maybe the door is actually worse!):

Now less the knob and with primer:

Now looking oh so much better:

And, yes ... the door handle is now on too - thanks to HR! These boys are so good at figuring things out. He has already done several works of art and I just love having him in the kitchen, drawing, telling me not to look until its perfect...  a bit tricky when I need to get something from the pantry!

There are two things I wish I had done differently. One, NOT follow the directions on the can and cover the whole entire thing in chalk and then rub it off. I guess that is for the real chalkboard look, but it brought memories from waaaayyy back. Does anyone else remember having to wash the chalkboards in their elementary classroom? I'll never forget the water running from the sponge all the way down my arm as I reached up so high (I was am definitely not tall).

Secondly, I should have put a layer or two of magnetic paint underneath the chalkboard paint for little TA's alphabet letters.

For now, it stays. And grocery lists, weekly plans and notes, prayer lists - all have a fun home!