Last Summer, I did a lot of work at this house. Yesterday I returned to repair the chalkboard wall that was damaged when the door frame was replaced. The damage was just to the left of the frame, but I gave the entire wall a fresh coat of chalkboard paint. This is a playroom for 4 year old twin boys and as you can see, they are getting a lot of use out of this wall! This house is still undergoing quite a bit of renovation, so I will be returning in the Spring, when the dust settles and I can get at the walls in peace.
While I was here I also painted an unfinished wooden radiator cover. I only had a few hours and the cover had a zillion slats. It was almost as fun as painting dentil molding. Of course, it needs two coats of paint, so I will return this morning to do that and I might as well roll on one more layer of the chalkboard paint. After that, I’m heading over to the Beacon Hill house to redo some stenciling that was damaged when a pipe burst and to try 2 new sample boards out in that Master Bath.
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Don’t you just HATE going back to patch things in, fix boos-boos and basically perform miracles on walls?
I did a touch up a few months ago from a faux I did over 7 years ago!!!!!!! It was just a glaze, but still…. it was no fun.
Feel for ya! Jen Allwood
I actually don’t mind doing the repairs. This one was very simple, since it is just chalkboard paint. Repairing something like a 7 year old faux finish is much more of a challenge!
It seems that wall will need a little more work to get it back to its former self. The white paint covered quite a bit of the wall. I commend you for having a bright idea of using a chalkboard wall. That way, it would be hard to clean the scribbles kids usually make on the walls.