Do-it-yourself drawing board at the dacha. Creative chalk drawing wall

Make a wall like this ordinary apartment very easy. Now there is a special slate paint on sale that creates a matte surface for drawing with chalk.

Perhaps the most common is from famous brand“Tikkurila”. Available in black and dark green, 1 liter capacity. The cost is about 900-1000 rubles per jar.

Similar paints are also produced by the brands “Rust Oleum”, “Krylon”, “Benjamin Moore”. I'm sure you can easily find one of these options at your nearest large building materials store. Such paints are called “chalkboard paint” or “chalkboard paint”

The paint is applied in 2 layers to a thoroughly cleaned surface, after which you need to wait for it to dry completely (follow the instructions on the package). As a result, you get a beautiful matte finish that looks great on its own, and with some imagination, you can create a real work of art covering an entire wall, which will become the main accent of your interior.

The surface covered with slate paint is not scratched when drawing with crayons; it can be wiped with a soft damp cloth.

These are the options for using slate paint that I especially liked:

Kitchen chalk wall

Write down a shopping list or a recipe you like, leave a message to your loved ones and wish them have a good day– the slate wall is very relevant in the kitchen.

If desired, you can apply slate paint even on the surface of the refrigerator or kitchen cabinets:

If you don't want to use a whole wall for chalk drawing, you can paint only part of the wall, a column, or use a mobile board, which is also easy to do yourself:

Slate wall behind the desk

This coating is very relevant for. It will be appreciated by students and schoolchildren, creative people and simply anyone who wants to be able to have important information before their eyes.

Another great idea is to use chalkboard paint to create journals and writing panels.

Why not? This is perhaps the easiest way to regularly make changes to your interior. Change the patterns and colors and you'll sleep in a different bedroom every week.

Wall for drawing with crayons in the nursery

And, of course, the most grateful users of the slate wall will be children! It may not be very practical, but having such a wall in the house will constantly develop Creative skills your baby and will make his life much more exciting. It is advisable that the remaining colors remain light so that the room does not turn out to be too gloomy.

To create an original gallery, you can combine drawings and captions with blank frames, photographs and posters. I also wrote about how to beautifully and evenly hang paintings and photos on the wall.

I hope you have some new ideas for creating a creative slate wall in your home.

Apartment decor with help chalk boards has long been popular.

It is very convenient to keep a chalkboard in the kitchen where you can write down purchases that need to be made, plans for the day, recipes of the day. In a children's room, such a board is well suited for school schedules, tutors, and section schedules.

However, just a board is boring. Can with paint turn any flat surface into chalk board. It is enough to buy special paint for this. You can paint the entire refrigerator with this paint and write whatever you want on it.

Known as children younger age love draw on the walls, you can turn an entire wall into a drawing board like this, and you won’t have to shed tears because the children ruined the newly wallpapered wallpaper. The child’s creativity drawn on the board can be easily erased with a damp sponge and you can draw again the same minute.

Decoration with the help of such surfaces it is becoming more and more popular. They can be arranged in any room. In the kitchen along the cutting table: convenient for writing down recipes.

Near the phone: convenient to record everything necessary information received during a telephone conversation. We probably remember the film “Pokrovsky Gate”, where the main character’s aunt wrote down the phone numbers of her nephew’s friends on the wall. She kept finding the string from the pencil, but not the pencil itself, so she could write down the next phone number.

With a chalk board will always be in place, because they can only draw on this board. In the children's room, there is a whole surface for drawing with chalk - this is a paradise for small child, he will be able to show his creativity and creative abilities with ease and without damage to the repair, and he will be able to do this every day on a clean surface.

For an older child, a whole wall on which to write notes will serve good place for fixing the multiplication table, spelling rules, native and foreign alphabet.

Such a surface can be made in the most unexpected places : in the pantry where you store food; above the bed, where you can write a message to your loved one every morning; label on the chest of drawers: underwear, socks, scarves; make the surface of the table suitable for writing with chalk and you can make inscriptions of any kind: who will sit in what place at the table, and besides this is another comfortable spot for a child's creativity.

However dye, which is sold in stores to create such surfaces, usually black, dark gray, sometimes dark green. In most cases, this color scheme does not fit into the interior of the rooms. In this article we will talk about how to make paint for creating surfaces for drawing with chalk of any color.

To make a chalk board we will need:

• Matte latex paint any color.
• Grout for joints (for laying tiles). The composition should not contain sand.
• Container for mixing paint.
• Mixer to make the paint homogeneous (you can do without it, but then you have to do it manually)
• Roller or foam brush (can be replaced with a sponge)
• Sandpaper (150 grit, i.e. use thin paper)
• Sponge

Instructions for making a slate board

The first stage - preparing the paint

Mix paint with grout. For small surfaces (for example, a door panel) we will need 1 cup (300 ml) of paint and 2 teaspoons of grout. Pour the paint into a mixing container, add grout and mix everything thoroughly with a mixer. The solution should become homogeneous, i.e. no lumps.

The second stage - we apply it to the surface of the future board.

Apply the solution using a roller or foam brush to the painted or primed surface. It is advisable to wash and dry the surface first. Coloring in small areas, we go over the surface with a roller several times to make sure that the entire surface is painted in an even layer. Let the surface stand and dry.

The third stage - we clean the surface

Clean the surface thoroughly using a fine sandpaper. After this, clean the surface from dust and dirt.

The fourth stage - checking the readiness of the surface

We check the quality of our surface: take a piece of chalk and paint it them the entire treated surface. We remove the remains with a barely damp sponge.

Now you can make such a surface in any place convenient for you. However, do not forget about such a little thing as a small stand at the bottom of the surface to collect falling chalk. Otherwise chalk while writing it will fall straight to the floor.

Chalk boards are becoming increasingly popular in modern interior. Firstly, it is very convenient - by hanging such a board in the kitchen, you can write short reminders to yourself about what you will buy and what you should not forget to do.

For a family with children, this is also an irreplaceable entertainment and your wallpaper will remain intact. Chalk boards are used to decorate parties and birthdays, and adults also love to draw on it and leave wishes.

You can buy such a board ready-made and it costs from 10 to 100 dollars, but why? If it’s very simple, you can make a chalk board at home from any base and acrylic paint.

There are special paints - they are called “for chalkboards”, but you need to spend money on them.

• The peculiarity of such paints is that they are the same acrylic, BUT they contain small solid particles that allow the chalk to linger on the surface of the board.
• If you add any abrasive material to the paint, for example, gypsum, grout, cement - it’s precisely its elements that will make the usual acrylic paint suitable for drawing on it.
• We offer the simplest master class for making such paint using alabaster and black acrylic.

Choosing a board base

You can choose absolutely any base, it could be:

• Any plywood
• Any piece of board, table top or piece of old facade
• Mirror glass or
• Cardboard - take apart the old one cardboard box and the base is ready

Master class: how to make a chalk board

The fastest and easiest way to make a board is to use any cardboard as a base; it does not need to be processed before painting. In addition, after practicing on it, you can move on to larger surfaces.

Ingredients and Tools

• 2 tablespoons alabaster
• 1 tablespoon water
• 3 tablespoons black acrylic paint
• cardboard
• tassel
• dry rag and chalk

Manufacturing process

1. We take alabaster and water in a ratio of 1 to 2, mix and rub the lumps well until a uniform thick mixture is obtained.
2. Pour paint into the container. There should be 3 times more paint than alabaster. Add the prepared mixture of alabaster and water to the paint and mix thoroughly so that there are no lumps left.
3. If you don’t mind and have a technical attachment, you can do this using a mixer. It's faster and more reliable. But if you stir with a spoon, it won’t take long either - lumps will disperse in 2-3 minutes.

If the mixture is too thick, add a little more water, as acrylic paints different manufacturers have different densities.

For durability, apply 3 layers of paint on chalkboard . Let the paint dry completely between coats. After the third layer has dried, It is recommended to rub chalk over the entire surface in order to harden it, and then wipe the chalk with a dry towel.

TIP: The cardboard may sag slightly after applying the paint, but it will straighten out once it dries.

Insert the cardboard into any photo or painting frame and your board is ready!

Chalkboard Ideas

This master class can also be used to paint all or part of a wall. Such black wall drawing boards are becoming a whole trend in the kitchen or in work area. But before painting, the wall must be treated, read in detail at this link.

The chalkboard has long ceased to be an exclusively school attribute. She quickly burst into home and office interiors, and in Lately successfully conquers the interiors of cafes, pastry shops and restaurants. Today, any establishment that even slightly claims to be fashionable must acquire its own slate. As usual, there are two options: buy ready-made, but then there is a high risk that it will not be the right size or even color, or make it the way you want, yourself. How to do it easily and quickly chalk board one of the most different materials with my own hands, I’ll tell you below.

Why is it needed?

Such useful thing in any household it can be useful for thousands of different reasons:

• it is very convenient to write about any temporary promotions (coffee to go, discounts only today, promotion of the day, etc.),
• this is an excellent planner for the next week or month: all tasks are visible from afar and always in sight;
• at home it's great way keep children busy with drawing, practice writing letters, teach foreign language or vocabulary words, because the notes are always before your eyes and the information is remembered much faster;
• it can become a real art object if you master chalk lettering a little yourself or order its beautiful design from a specialist.

Here are some examples beautiful design for inspiration.

What materials will be needed?

I will dwell on this issue in detail, because it is the most difficult in the entire manufacturing process. First of all, because you can take almost any materials, but the result will be different. Now some details.

In order to make a chalk board, you need three things:

1. base for painting,
2. special paint,
3. frame of suitable size with suspension.

We take a ready-made frame, if available, or order it from a framing workshop. If needed standard format type 70x50 or 30x40, it’s cheaper to buy a ready-made one at any large construction hypermarket (Ikea, Obi, Leroy Merlin and the like). But in a baguette there will be a richer choice and it is possible to make the desired size with an accuracy of 5 mm.
By the way, the finished frame can be decorated so that it fits exactly into the interior. You can read more about this.

Base for painting

The most interesting thing is that it can be almost anything:

1. plywood,
2. binding cardboard with a thickness of 1.2 mm.,
3. a metal sheet.

We turned all these materials into slate boards and they behaved perfectly during further use.
You can do without such a base altogether and just paint a piece of the wall in the room. The wall must be plastered and well primed. If you paint the wall, you won’t even need a frame.
Let's say that what you need is a board. How to choose a material?
I will briefly write about the advantages and disadvantages of each.

light in weight, usually a sheet of cardboard can be 70x100 cm in size. Convenient to use, easy to find on sale, can be cut to size if desired the right size with an ordinary breadboard knife. The most interesting thing is that the paint lies evenly on it, forming a thin film on the surface, after which the cardboard itself no longer resists water, so you can wipe the chalk off it with a regular damp cloth. Disadvantages of cardboard:

• limited size,
• without a solid back in the center on large formats it can bend like a bubble, but on 30x40 this will not happen yet, so for small sizes he's practically perfect.

Plywood- good environmentally friendly material, suitable for large formats, it will not lead anywhere even at a size of 1.5x1.5m. It is convenient to mount it on the wall. The fasteners can be recessed and the place where the sheet is attached to the wall can be leveled with putty. In general, everything is good with one exception:
- plywood does not provide a perfectly smooth and even surface. After painting, the wood structure is visible in some places. In principle, this does not interfere with drawing, but it is not suitable for perfectionists.
A metal sheet It is used in cases where you want to make the board also magnetic, but you have already purchased regular paint, without magnetic primer. The paint adheres well to metal, there are no problems with this, but thin metal can also bend at large sizes.
Chipboard and fibreboard give a perfectly smooth surface after painting. The impressive dimensions of the sheets allow you to approach the matter on a grand scale, without limiting yourself to the modest 50x60 or 70x100. The fastening points on the chipboard can also be easily masked with putty. It is more problematic to do this on fiberboard, but with some skill it is possible. A significant disadvantage of chipboard is its heavy weight. Fiberboard does not have such a drawback, which makes this material the most convenient of all the above.

Choosing paint

First we need to decide what kind of slate board we will make with our own hands: regular or magnetic. For the regular one, you just need chalkboard paint. For magnetic you need either:
- magnetic primer, with which the base is first coated, and then chalk paint is applied on top of it,
- magnetic chalk paint, in which both metal particles and paint are mixed at once.
The latter is more convenient, since you do not have to wait separately for the soil to dry, but it costs more than the usual one. For example, Tikkurila Magnetic costs 2950 rubles. for 0.5l. (all prices in the article are indicated for February 2017) Separately, magnetic soil can be obtained at a price of 1150 rubles. for 0.5 liters, but then subsequently you will have to add the cost of paint to it.

If the board does not have magnetic properties, then all that remains is to choose which “slate” paint to buy. Interestingly, the price range for it varies greatly depending on the manufacturer and the form of release. Firstly, in spray form (for example, Krylon Chalkboard Paint) it always costs significantly more more expensive than that one, which is sold in a jar, so it is not at all profitable, except for those cases when you need to paint a small board, and you don’t feel like fiddling with a brush or roller at all. For all other cases, choose a can, a wide brush and a roller.

The most expensive among all manufacturers is Tikkurila. Most likely due to the promotion of the brand itself. It will cost approximately 1100r. for 1 liter regular black, about 1300 rubles. – colorizable. Yes, yes, a chalk board can be made not only in traditional black, but also in any other color: mint green, dark blue, purple, and so on. As long as it fits into the interior and is dark enough for the chalk itself to be visible.
Blackboard paint from the Russian manufacturer Siberia will cost less – 990 rubles. per liter, both colorized and ready-made colors, and their color palette is quite wide (black, blue, green, brown and dark gray colors). Siberia has only one drawback - if Tikkurila in the regions can be found in any large hardware store, then Siberia will have to be ordered from Moscow or St. Petersburg. Both are of excellent quality.
There are several other manufacturers in approximately the same price range, but I have never worked with them and can’t give you any advice on quality.

You don’t have to buy paint for chalkboards at all, but make it yourself, by mixing black acrylic paint with a small amount of baby powder, talcum powder or something similar, finely divided. It will turn out just fine a budget option for home use. We made our first board exactly this way, and it served us faithfully until we tried industrial paint. Having appreciated its coating, we also repainted the first board with industrial paint. And the surface became smoother and more even, so writing on it with chalk immediately became much more pleasant. An example of a “homemade” coating is in the photo below. On the right side there is a close-up view to show the “banding”.

Brief master class

After a long conversation about materials, it was finally time to make the board itself. I tell and show how we made a 152x152 cm plywood board.
1. Take a sheet of plywood and use sandpaper or a sander to smooth out everything that seems uneven.
2. We mount the sheet on the wall in several places using self-tapping screws.

3. Use putty to mask the installation sites. After drying, sand off the excess putty.

4. Prime the surface twice.
5. Use a roller to paint the surface with chalk paint. We wait for it to dry and paint again.

All is ready! All that remains is to dress it up in a baguette to give it a more finished look and hide lateral surface leaf.

We put the remaining paint to good use: we paint all the small cardboards in the house that we can get our hands on. After drying, we insert it into a frame, and we get wonderful souvenirs that you can give to friends or leave at home for notes.

Like this in a simple way You can decorate your home or office interior, diversify it with chalk lettering and add a little more coziness to the environment.
Happy creativity and beautiful chalk boards!

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