When my nephew was flooded last month, I helped him paint and he gave me most of his cabinet doors. I painted one and put it in my kitchen:
It is so handy for leaving notes for loved ones, and to myself. I never knew how handy a chalkboard in the kitchen could be! The one I made for myself was a good size to hang vertical. Many of the doors I got from him were so skinny that they really need to hang horizontal.
I painted this one sort of with a dry brush technique to give it an older look.
In this picture, it’s hard to tell, but this one is painted a dusty rose color. It is such a pretty light pink, with slight hues of red. The paint was given to me by my niece.
This one I painted with my oops black. I got a gallon of this paint, and I still have a little over 1/2 of it left.
This door has the original finish, all I did was tape it and use the chalkboard paint.
I used D rings for hangers on the back of these chalkboards. I used 3 of them on each of the doors. I put 2 on the end, making the one on the right side easily movable. I also added one on the opposite end , so that these boards can be hung vertically or horizontally.If you would like to see how I did these in a little more detail, check out one of my earlier posts: Repurposed cabinet door into a chalkboard
gail
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Lisa says
October 24, 2009 at 11:30 pmHA! I’ve been going chalkboard crazy lately.. and now this makes me want to do more! Love the cupboard door idea.
Lisa
Marla says
October 14, 2009 at 11:51 pmThanks for stopping by Always Nesting and wanting to follow. I love your projects!! I signed up and look forward to having time to browse all your past posts. Time to fix dinner! Hugs, Marla
cindy@cottageinstincts says
October 14, 2009 at 2:20 pmI just did the same thing with some cupboard doors I got at the ReStore! Yours look awesome!
peace.