So anyhow I decided to paint it a beautiful grayish-bluish-green. I love it and now I need you opinion. I want to paint an entire wall of the room in my beloved chalkboard paint. This room will serve as a guest room/ woman cave and i think I'd like to have a wall of chalky possibilities behind my art desk. well lets just say that my husband adamantly disagrees with me, which kinda pisses me off. HE was okay with painting our kitchen cabinets green, using paper bags for our kitchen floor, or putting copper counter tops in, he was okay with the white and tan strips in the hallway, he loved the black doors but apparently a chalkboard wall is too far. I don't get it. He says that it will make our house less appealing when we try to sell it, if we ever get to move back to Siskiyou county. What about the large horizontal stripes in the hall, and the black doors, and the very unconventional kitchen choices, and the black doors? If you are going to get wet you might as well go swimming and you might as well paint a chalkboard wall, right? I guess I would be okay with not painting it chalkboard black but I just think it would be so fun! here are a few photos that I'm inspired by
from here http://isabellaandmaxrooms.blogspot.com
from here http://jonesdesigncompany.com
here are a few photos of the wall in question with a small sample of the black chalkboard paint next to the new wall color. what do you think? should I overrule the boss' orders?
see the tiny black square, that's the chalkboard paint
the wall with the butterfly is the proposed "black" wall
the room is definitely bright enough to support a black wall
pardon the junk!
so what do you think, should I get to mixing up my chalkboard paint?
Peace give me your opinion...
How hard is the chalkboard paint to paint over? I think it's is a great idea, and would look great, but I probably wouldn't do it if it is too difficult to get rid of. When my husband and I come to such crossroads, I remind of him of the "unconventional" ideas that he had difficulty catching my vision on, but loved after completed. Good luck! Keep us posted.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I love chalkboard paint! I never got a chance to use it in our old house, but I think it's such a cute, innovative way to utilize a wall. It is unconventional for sure, but I don't necessarily think it would turn potential buyers off completely, seeing as how repainting a wall is easy-peasy, right?
ReplyDeleteHope you're able to convince your hubby! ;)
Did you show Jesse those pictures? Maybe that will help. He also didn't like the idea of stripes at first but you did it anyways and look he loved it! Or learned to love it. I say do it, how often is ever going to go in there?
ReplyDeleteLove Your Misbehaving Wife Friend,
Mel
chalkboard paint is just flat sheened latex paint with some non-sanded tile grout added. It would be the same as painting over a regular black wall all it takes is lots of coats : ) thanks ladies, I think I'm gonna do it! We have a deal in our house, I do all the work and cleaning when painting and I get to do what ever I want to. I think I'll have to remind Jess of that rule.
ReplyDelete" Forgiveness is easier to get than permission" hehe
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