Blackboard Revived

A well used wall hung blackboard, thrift store find, has been ignored for a few months. 

Full size view of the black chalkboard after painting, borrowed a door coat hook and hung a lantern. 

Late morning sunshine, 2 degrees celsius, snow, winter, (dog tracks all over the snowy ground from lots of running and playing and checking out strange scents). 

Lots of thick ice left under the snow, especially in the driveway and on the street parking places. Shovelling over the weeks, then chopping at the thick ice with my favourite gardening shovel. Sand, bags of salt for melting thinner icy spots and being very, very careful when walking and driving are a new temporary part of life on the coast (I think it has been about 20 years since a very cold, snowy, icy winter here).

Before painting I scrubbed the various colours and words and scribbles away. Taped the inner frame, painted 3 coats of Rust-oleum Chalkboard paint, frame wiped with MMS Hemp Oil.

This has quickly become my new black background. 

Christmas Poinsettia showing some seasonal wear, lasted from early December until now, leaves and petals falling, bit of winter sunshine found its way into the kitchen.

The blackboard size reminded me of many bloggers who added a kitchen painted chalkboard on a narrow wall (MMS Kitchen Revel). They often used them for reminders, grocery lists, recipes and more.

I had some time on Sunday to learn more about cutting on the Cricut.

Fits in somehow with love it, has a home decluttering I am working on for a later post - like, where to store new stuff entering the home at Christmas time. Chalkboard slides between a wall and big cupboard for now.

Below some contrasts of black, red, white and tin. 2 pictures of a chalkboard painted clip board with HOME stencilled, almost invisible against the larger chalkboard. I put the pink sign under the edge of one picture just to show the shape.

After taking the picture of the green tote with the frog picture the wind blew everything forward, glass broke, paint from tote was scraped onto the black. Repainted part of the chalkboard with coat # 4. Swept up the glass. One cut.

I think I could keep on taking pictures, but I know you 'get the idea'. 

Ok, one more...

Ink bottle collection now preserved in a photo. Piece of satin on the table, blackboard background. This has been quite a bit of fun.

Quick and very useful rescue of a well used thrifted blackboard.

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