Cabinet Door Chalkboard

Have you ever been to ReStore???  If you haven't, you should!  I don't know if they are everywhere, or just here in my little neck of the woods, but I LOVE them!  Building supplies, furniture etc. are donated there.  They sell the stuff for good GREAT prices and the money goes to Habitat for Humanity.  Love the idea!  So, I was in ReStore a couple of weeks ago, and I grabbed an unfinished cabinet door.

It was a pretty big door and it was solid oak.  It didn't have a price on it, so I asked and it was only 5 bucks.  Um, can you say, SOLD?  I felt like I had just won the lottery.  Okay, well maybe not the lottery, but I felt pretty happy about my purchase.

I brought my cabinet door home and grabbed my supplies:

I painted the frame of the door with a light linen color, then added my good ol' Elmer's Glue for a crackle look and painted a color called Mississippi Mud on the top.  When that dried, I dry brushed a dark brown on the top to give a patina affect.  This picture is before I did the dry brushing.

Then I grabbed my handy-dandy can of chalkboard paint and painted the center of the door with chalkboard paint.  I did three coats.

I added some vinyl lettering that I cut out with my Cricut.

I drilled two holes in the top and then hung it on my wall.  I covered the screws with two jewels so you can't see the screw heads :)

It has been great fun!  We have put different quotes on it almost everyday and even used it to welcome people to the Twifest Party we had last week.  Such a simple idea that has been VERY useful as well!

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