Upcycled Blackboard

This is such an easy DIY and cheap as chips as you can often pick up frames in charity shops and at car boot sales. This one cost me £3 from a local Facebook selling page.
 

 

The process is simple... I painted the whole thing, picture and frame in a couple of coats of primer (best use a picture you don't really like so you don't feel guilty about that bit).

 

 

Once dry paint 2-3 coats of blackboard paint onto where the picture originally was. Leave for 24 hours before painting your frame (I'm too impatient and did it much too early, ending up with a fair bit of black in my yellow!)

 

I used a tester pot of emulsion which cost £1. I did a couple of coats. If you want a shiny finish, put a coat of varnish over the top or use gloss paint, I quite like the matt look though.

 

I then added a couple of cup hooks to the bottom of the frame so we have somewhere to hang notes and scraps of paper, held together with bulldog clips.

 

This now hangs in my newly updated kitchen... check back soon to see that transformation!

 

 

Em x