DIY Chalkboard Paint Wall Idea
Are you looking for a creative wall decor idea on a budget?
This DIY chalkboard paint wall idea is an inexpensive way to allow my children to be creative. My husband built a small room around our sump pump in our basement. He even added a metal door that he picked up from a job site. ON this side of our basement, we have a home gym and my husband uses it to play darts and hang out.
My husband used the same techniques to paint all of the accent walls to paint his metal door with a fun geometric design.
For two years, I looked at the wall and tried to come up with something I wanted to paint for my children to be able to use it. I wanted a wall decor idea that was going to be ongoing, where we could erase drawing easily and change them each year.
My solution was to create a DIY Chalkboard Paint Wall! It took me a long time to come up with my design idea. This wall was painted with this chalkboard paint for over a year before I fully committed to the images that would be on it.
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Considerations for your DIY Chalkboard Paint Wall Idea
When doing this DIY chalkboard paint wall you will have to decide what type of design you want. This is because you don’t want your accent wall to turn into a huge chalky mess. I know with toddlers, that if I did not map the chalk area then my chalkboard wall would have turned messy quickly. Therefore, I chose to design frames and place a quote at the top using chalk paint markers. I placed it high enough so that it would not be smeared.
How to Create a Unique DIY Chalkboard Paint Wall
-Use paint chalk markers to come up with more permanent designs. I used a letter transfer method with chalk on the back of my printout instead of graphite that I describe in this post.
-Sketch out design with regular white chalk. To create the inside frame shapes, I traced 3 different pieces of cardboard to create consistency.
-I found it easier to paint some of my designs, like the picture frames using a watered-down acrylic paint mixture.
Other Tips for your DIY Chalkboard Paint Wall
Read the instructions carefully on the chalkboard paint you use. You can see which product I used here. Most chalkboard paints will say to “prime” the wall first. I only did this inside the frames. In order to prime the wall, you need to take a piece of chalk and rub the long side over to create a base. This helps ensure that your drawings will not be permanent on the wall and can be erased.
My kids absolutely loved this DIY Chalkboard Paint Wall Idea and Design! They were so excited to start creating their artworks.
I could even see this wall decor idea being the perfect accent wall on the other side of our basement or kid’s art area in your house! Have you ever used chalkboard paint for unique home wall decor? I would love to hear your tips and thoughts!
If you like this creative wall and home decor idea be sure to check out these home decor ideas:
- DIY Ombre Hexagon Wall
- DIY Herringbone Accent Wall: Turn Blah into AMAZING!
- Old Metal Desk into a Dream Desk
26 Comments
Supriya
Simple but amazing DIY ideas Erin. I will try with my kiddo for sure 🙂
Erin
Hi Supriya! Thanks for the nice comment! I hope that our site helps people be inspired to be creative and spend time together as a family.
Cendu
This is such ac cool idea! Love it! I totally wanna try this out at home with my toddler. He already likes scribbling on walls so why not give him an actual designated space where it’s okay LOL. Great job 😀
Erin
Hi. Thanks for visiting our site. We have a small wall in our basement that the toddlers are allowed to use! They love it!
Sherry
I so want to paint one of these walls in my home. We have a chalkboard that the kids write on, but it would be great to have an entire wall! Love your ideas!
Erin
Hi Sherry! Thanks for the kind words and encouragement! Kids do love good old fashion chalk!
Mandy
Love this! We have a very small.. it is about 2 foot wide by 8 foot tall awkward wall in between our kitchen and living room that I have made into a chalkboard wall. It is so much fun, but not near as pretty as yours!
Marna Altman
Love this and it came at the most perfect time. I just told my partner last night that I want to chalkboard pain a door in my office and keep a list of blog ideas on it. That way I can always see inspiration and also add and subtract.
Amber Dunn
Love the idea of doing a chalkboard wall! I just never thought of having a plan to keep it from being messy. Thanks for the tip.
Erin
Hi Amber! Thanks for visiting our site. I am glad we were able to give you a helpful tip!
Zaneta The Work At Home Mama
Wow! This is such a creative and cool idea. I have never seen this before. If we have the space in our next home, I would definitely do this.
Erin
Thanks for visiting and for the kind words! I am glad this was a unique take on a chalkboard wall!
Ya
OMG, I love this! We are able to paint our walls at my townhouse and I have been itching to do a chalkboard wall!
Erin
Have fun! Thanks for visiting our site!
Amanda
oh man i LOVE a chalkboard wall! This one is awesome!
Lorena
This is absolutely amazing!!! I might have to give this a go seeing my toddler thinks drawing on the walls is amazing. I’m sure i’m not alone in this. This is the perfect solution. It’s also stunning!
Lani
This is perfect! I was considering doing a wall of frames BUT….this gives me the flexibolity to swap out “frames” as I see fit. Thanks for Sharing! xoxo Lani
Julia
Love this. I’ve heard of it, but never actually seen it before.
Trish ~ Habibi House
I love this idea, but I think I would be too OCD for the chalk dust to be everywhere!!
Jenn Summers
This such an amazing idea for creativity! I’ve only used chalk paint directly on wall in my home. I used it to create a space for our grocery list next to our pantry. I created a stencil with my silhouette to give it a fancy frame. I think my girls would love this in their room!
Kippi
Amazing idea I wish I had done this when my kids were young. I would love to share this with my readers too. Happy Spring, Kippi
Angelina
Such a cool idea! My brother has been looking into this for his kids, I’ll have to share this post with him!
Jacquie
Great ideas here! I have had the chalk paint bought was a little weary to do it … after reading and seeing this I can’t wait to set up my chalkboard wall for my kids!
Erin
Awesome! I am glad this post provided inspiration for you! Let me know if you have any questions!
Erin
I am so glad that this post will helpful for your brother! Thanks for sharing.
Robert Johnston
this is a great idea. I like the frames part because it creates order.