I am a design magazine junkie. I love pulling out my favorite articles and pictures, and then organizing and storing them in my design binders. Someday, I’ll use them as a reference when we have our own house to decorate.
One of my favorites is really great article from O at Home that featured Kirsten Hollister’s Minnesota home. She lived with her little family in Switzerland for a few years and collected antiques during her time in Europe. Her whole house is great (you can see it here). But my absolute favorite idea is this chalkboard.
She bought an antique mirror, broke out the glass and painted the backer board with chalkboard paint. LOVE it. Seriously, this picture has haunted me ever since I saw it first, flipping through magazines in the Home Depot checkout line. Each time I’m at an antique shop, flea market or thrift store, I’m secretly thinking of this chalkboard.
What a great idea; I’ve been playing with the idea of painting chalk board paint below the chair rail on one wall in a child’s room, but how much more fun would it be to confine it within a frame?
I did this same type of project with a full length mirror frame Id found at a yard sale. The frame was a cheap gold color and the mirror had already been broken out of the frame when I bought it.
All I had to do was paint the frame and paint the backing with chalkboard paint. It now hangs in our dining room. See it here:
http://www.handbagsnpigtails.com/2010/05/repurposed-full-length-mirror.html