At Last! The Giant Chalkboard Is Done!

It's been a long time coming.  You've been patient with me as I tackled this project.

Shall we stroll down memory lane together?

I should probably start with my inspiration.............

I just loved the idea of writing inspirational quotes or menus or whatever in our dining room/sunroom.  I also wanted it to be portable in case I wanted to move it outside or really - anywhere.  

So I've painted a chalkboard on our pantry door in our kitchen and I've painted chalkboard paint on my most of my pots in the garden, so I was comfortable with the chalkboard paint,  I just needed to find the right thing to paint.  But I wanted to do this on the cheap.  Worker Bee looked at ReStore but the doors there started at $70 - too much for this project. So that clever Worker Bee found a cheap slab door he bought at Home Depot for about $18.  

I started off with this slab of a door as my Christmas present from dear Worker Bee.

Then I picked up some cheap moulding (we'll revisit my thoughts on the cheap moulding later) for a frame.

I painted the entire slab with the chalkboard paint.

Worker Bee and Baby Bee helped me cut and glue the moulding down.

And it looked like what you see above.  Cute, but this is a bee who craves color.

Well, I bet you can guess what color I picked to paint the moulding......

RED!

I got out my favorite RED from Behr - just an aside here, but I do love that Behr primer plus paint, worth every extra penny. (and no, Home Depot is NOT paying me for mentioning this paint)

It took 4 coats - but they went quickly - and then I rubbed a dark stain over the top of that to give it a richer color and some depth.

Don't worry - the white spot is a blossom from one of our backyard trees.

Well, what do you think?

I really like it, but I must confess I don't LURVE it.

Why?

Well, I should not have cheaped out on the the white plasticy moudling.  It looks nice and crisp when it is white, but it does not paint beautifully and I wasn't able to distress it like I had in my mind.  

For now, it will do, but someday I will improve upon this.

It's time for Metamorphosis Monday

over at Between Naps on the Porch!

And, of course, I've got to buzz by Sue's for
REDNESDAY!

I'm also linking up over at Boston Bee for Alyssa's Bee's Knees party!
Go check it out!

Oh yeah and total cost was about $32! (I already had the paints and stain and liquid nails.)

So thanks for coming by and seeing my metamorphosis!  

I truly appreciate you taking time out of your day to leave a comment of just stop by.  You are such a delight!

Wondering where my quote on the chalkboard came from?  It's on the bottle of my amazing grace shower gel from philosophy.  (yes, I'm a philosophy girl)  I love reading it every morning and it never fails to inspire.  Hope you enjoy it too!