I have a section of my bedroom designated for all my stuff, a “She Section” if you will. It is made of old furniture from around the house, nothing matches. my storage is makeshift. I pick up storage boxes when they are on sale. I have repurposed some shoe boxes - my sons’ cleats come in the cool boxes that slide open like a drawer.
There is a tall dresser that we have had in the basement and I have wanted to refurbish it for storage. My idea was to paint it white, change out the hardware, and then use chalkboard paint on drawer fronts. I got the inspiration from this by Jessica Ray Home.
The husband put the kibosh on it as it was his dad’s. Eventually, he will see the light but until then I had to Plab B it. I decided to make chalkboard tags out of materials I had. I decided to make chalkboard tags out of materials I had.
I made a template. Then I rummaged for card stock, chalkboard paint, double-sided tape, pencil, a foam brush (for the best application, a roller is best).
(Download a copy of the label template by clicking on the image.)
From the template, I traced and cut the base and the overlay from the cardstock.
Then it was a matter of painting the overlay with the paint. I didn’t have any rollers for my mini-roller so I used a foam brush. Chalkboard paint is thick and can be moody. The roller does a great job in making sure there are no lines...not the case with the brush.
The final step was securing the overlay to the base with double-sided tape.
Though far from perfect, this little project succeeded: filled my labeling needs, cost me nothing, and kept me from shoveling snow. It was a win-win-win project. .Hopefully by summer I will be giving the drawers a makeover.
PS. The final snow total was 17.5".
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