Chalkboard paint

So above is the "message board" I got for my very first apartment when I was a sophomore in college. My roommate and I hung our keys on the little hooks and wrote messages to each other on that board for two years. Our college boyfriends (she married hers, I parted ways with mine) and best friends left us little sweet notes on that board too. Then once I struck out on my own Eddie's leash took over the second hook and I started writing messages to myself on the board. "Drop off dry cleaning", "water plants", and in an effort to call out myself as the procastinator I am "Clean Your House it is DIRTY!!" My friends also leave me messages when they stop by, usually making fun of the messages I have left myself. So I was horribly dismayed to discover that the dry erase-ness of my board after 6 years is not erasing like it used to. I am very attached to my message board and could not bear to part ways with it. In comes my aha moment and the chance to use chalkboard paint which I have been curious about since it started getting popular.

Good as new. Now full disclosure here I don't own any chalk so I haven't tested out my ability to write on it yet, but I'm sure all will be fine. Also the magnetic-ness is still there (the white dots are magnets) so I can still use that part of it too. Some of the paint peeled off in the upper corner when I took the tape off (it is possible that I did not do as good of a sanding job as I thought) so I have some touch ups to do, but overall I am very pleased. The only problem I see from this is my new addiction to chalkboard paint. I'm now trying to think of other walls in my house that I could paint with chalkboard paint. Not having kids and having very little artistic ability not withstanding I'm considering the wall at the top of my staircase. I could write inspirational messages to myself ("relax you're home now and the bra can come off" hmmm maybe not) and maybe convince an artistic friend to draw something cool. Well still thinking about that one, I guess we'll see where the feeling takes me.

Adios