A real chalkboard full#
These large uniform slate panels just need a quick clean up and ready to go! Start with one or cover a full wall.Īs an artist, the term “wall art” generally causes me to shudder because of the context. It is removable, repurposable, and durable, so you can use it in homes to come, while paint is probably going to warrant a paint job come moving time and two if you want to recreate it in your new house. Reclaimed slate has already lasted decades upon decades and will continue to do so. It has been carefully cut for the smoothest, easiest chalk application and most efficient cleaning, which will save you countless shudders from breaking chalk on an uneven wall. Not all walls are perfectly smooth and they were not designed to be written on time and again. Compliance will leave you and your home covered in a fine layer of dust. Failure to do so will make chalk writing permanent. Chalkboard paint on the other hand requires you dust the entire surface with chalk before use.
A real chalkboard update#
We love the idea of fully utilizing the temporary nature of chalk as an opportunity to update your walls on a whim or avoid permanent markings from wee aspiring designers.įor the Pinterest fans in the audience, you may be wondering “can’t I achieve this with chalkboard paint?” And while chalkboard paint does have some great applications, if slate is within your budget, it has some real advantages. Simply mounting a piece of slate to your wall might not be the DIY hack you were hoping for- but finding a unique location or application transforms the obvious to the ingenious. Some of these larger slabs we salvaged at Loyal Heights are prime for cutting down to countertop size. For tips on cutting slate, visit this handy guide. Resistant to heat and bacteria, slate is easy to keep clean and hard to mess up. If your cooking style is anything like mine, you’ll appreciate a surface that was first used for science experiments. Here are a few of our favorite ways people have incorporated slate into their projects: And I implore you to do the same- like The One, slate is in high demand, but you just happen to have gotten lucky: Second Use has a large selection of slate in both our Seattle and Tacoma stores and we JUST MARKED IT DOWN! They would be The One.īut they aren’t, so the only means by which I will be taking slate home is for my next remodeling project. They would be sharp and smooth all at the same time. If slate was a person, they would be that human that is equal parts impeccably dressed and willing to get their hands dirty. I know what you’re thinking… if you like slate so much, why don’t you marry it? And believe me, I would. It is easy to clean, relatively inexpensive, and darn handsome.
Waterproof, fireproof, and extremely durable, slate has been used for generations in roofing tiles, laboratory counters, billiard tables, and of course, the chalkboard. In fact, it’s making its way out of the classroom and into the home as a surface equal parts practical and aesthetically pleasing. Schools may be moving away from the analog chalkboard in favor of screens, screens, and more screens, but slate is far from obsolete.
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