Creating a blackboard wall in your kitchen (or any other room) is very easy! Most paint manufacturers have chalkboard paint in their collection. Here in The Netherlands Flexa has chalkboard paint in their VT Wonen collection. In the US you can find chalkboard paint at Benjamin Moore.
You can paint an entire wall (see top image) or just a door (image above) or part of a wall.
If you don’t want too much black in your home, you can also use chalkboard paint in another color. I know that Flexa has also other colors than black in their chalkboard paint collection. You can use for instance white chalkboard paint and then write on it with brown crayons.
If you don’t want to paint your walls with chalkboard paint you can also use a large schoolroom blackboard.
(images from Christine Lane Interiors, Living Etc, VT Wonen & Marie Claire Maison)
Can’t go wrong with the black board walls. They always are so great!
Can’t go wrong with the black board walls. They’re always are so great!
This is one of my favorite kitchen and family room ideas. Even better when you layer magnetic paint behind it!
Nice roundup. Actually, though, none of the images here are from Christine Lane interiors. We ran that one on Remodelista in our roundup back in July:
http://www.remodelista.com/2008/07/18/house-call-blackboard-walls/
I LOVE these walls! I am in the process of tearing wallpaper off of a wall in my kitchen so I can paint a chalkboard wall- SO FUN!!!
These images are perfect to look at right now since I am in the process of trying to figure out where to do a blackboard wall. These all are lovely!!!
We’re renting here in The Hague (and cannot paint) and have been looking for a large chalkboard for our kitchen. Can you recommend a resource? My Dutch is limited, so I am not really sure what to ask for. Thanks!
Can’t go wrong with a blackboard wall. Fantastic idea’s!
Super post! Love it.
Also great for children!
Thanks for all your kind comments. I am happy to hear that you enjoyed this post!!
Julie, Thanks for letting me know! When surfing the net I save photo’s for
future posts. I probably wrote down the wrong source here.. I will correct it (if I can find the source).
GREAT POST! I made a blackboard for my kitchen, with blackboard paint…you can see more it on my blog:
http://madebygirl.blogspot.com/2008/08/lovin-my-chalkboard.html
Jen Ramos
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http://www.madebygirl.com
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sweeet!
Great idea!! but i feel this is more for a child’s room
but beautiful none the less 
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Such a great idea, I love it. Fantastic for kids and adults alike!
Can’t wait to move and try painting a whole area or wall in my new house! Right now I’ve only ever used the paint for small, decorative items… http://amadorpuppy.blogspot.com/ . Thanks for sharing your ideas!