farmhouse chalkboard tutorial

I made this. I'm so proud of myself. You can make one too. It cost me less than $15 to make this, and I love it. Did you know that you can buy a 2'x4' chalkboard for $10 at Home Depot? Well, you can and it's fabulous! This is how I made my chalkboard:

                                         

I bought some cedar posts from Home Depot, measured the inner corner to match up with the length of the chalkboard and cut a 45 degree angle. I did this a second board, then measured two boards to match the width of the chalkboard.

                                         

I used the router to cut into the board 1/4" so the chalkboard had somewhere to lay flush.

                            

                            

I stained each board with Minwax Jacobean stain, and dry brushed some white paint on to give them a weathered look.

                              

                                         

Once the stain and white paint dried, I taped off some stripes on the top and bottom board. I painted them gold because I love gold. When the gold paint was dry I flipped the boards upside down and put the corners together. I laid the chalkboard facing down into the groves that I made with the router and staple gunned the crap out of it. Before you draw on your chalkboard, make sure you prep your it by rubbing chalk all over it. If you skip this step you will forever have ghost lines when you erase what you write or draw on your board.