So this chalkboard paint is a little addicting. Once you pop open a can and paint one thing with chalkboard paint you start walking around your house and yard thinking, “what else can I make into a chalkboard?” So the next item that fell victim to the chalkboard paint it this old coffee table.
My husband and I bought it a few years ago at a Salvation Army in Campbell to put outside in our tiki hut. We have since moved several times. Unfortunately we had to leave the much loved tiki hut behind, so the table became an actual coffee table. But when we moved just recently we realized the table no longer worked for us anymore. We tried selling… no takers, we tried leaving it on the curb… no takers, so it sat in our garbage pile. That is untill, I decided to paint it magenta and give it a chalkboard top. The table has a new home in my daughter’s room. And she seems to enjoy it. Although she is a little too young to enjoy the chalkboard top, she loves cruising around it and playing with her toys on the table top.
So here is what I did: I cut off the bottom rods, so there was room for legs, chairs or to crawl under. I used left over magenta house paint (with no VOC) to paint the entire table. Then I used frog tape to make a mask into a fun shape and painted it with chalkboard paint. I used a brush to paint the table and a small roller for the chalkboard paint. I found Dustless Chalk made by Melissa and Doug. And yes, I can vouch that it’s pretty dustless, or as dustless as chalk can be! In just a few hours I had a fun new table. k
