An Oversized Chalkboard Together With Bench Inward The Kitchen.

Sometimes I brand decorating decisions that either I don't terminate upwardly loving or that don't piece of job for our family. I hitting the jackpot alongside this wall seeing how it gibe into both of those categories. You tin shipping away run into inwards this post how I start decorated it before long later nosotros moved in. Although I genuinely liked the clock I wasn't equally large a fan of the shelves. I idea they would hold upwardly a squeamish add-on seeing how nosotros didn't create whatsoever of the opened upwardly shelving that I had orginally planned on doing but because they were on a wall that nosotros walked past times regularly I had to become alongside shelves that weren't really deep in addition to that meant I ended upwardly only putting random things on in that place instead of dishes in addition to other to a greater extent than substantial things that laissez passer the overall expect I similar when it comes to opened upwardly shelving. Even though I chose shelves that were non really deep thence in that place wouldn't hold upwardly whatsoever problems alongside anyone bumping into them that didn't piece of job out thence good either. Poor Jon bumped into them only virtually every unmarried day, to the request where they were leaning to a greater extent than in addition to to a greater extent than in addition to I needed to lead hold them downward earlier nosotros had a large crash in addition to some broken toes. 

So, downward they came in addition to I decided to become alongside something to a greater extent than uncomplicated in addition to practical. As you lot know, I dearest chalkboards thence I idea it mightiness hold upwardly squeamish to brand an oversized 1 that nosotros could utilisation equally a message pump of sorts. I may at some request position something "pretty" on it but for forthwith it is working out genuinely nicely equally a functional chalkboard. It is a keen topographic point to proceed our grocery listing (I only snap a shot of it on my telephone earlier nosotros caput to the store), Lillie's retention poesy for the calendar week from school, in addition to for keeping rails of what nosotros lead hold going on for the week. We used it concluding calendar week (which is what the photos are of), in addition to thence I changed it out this calendar week in addition to thence far nosotros are genuinely loving it.

Then I decided to motion the bench inwards hither to run into how it worked. We had moved it upstairs to the terminate of our bed 1 time our novel dining room chairs came in addition to I liked the functionality of it in that place but I figured I would prefer it to hold upwardly downstairs thence it could notwithstanding hold upwardly easily used at either the kitchen or dining room tabular array for extra seating. I didn't recollect it would piece of job hither because I idea it would stick out a chip equally good far but later a dyad of days of it sitting in that place nosotros realized it genuinely worked wonderfully. It's a squeamish identify for the girls to sit down when I am inwards the kitchen in addition to nosotros lead hold all used it to position our shoes on in addition to lead hold them off seeing how the cupboard where nosotros proceed the shoes is only or thence the corner. Once nosotros knew it was going to piece of job there, the girls in addition to I went ahead in addition to recovered it alongside this striped cloth that my mom got for me from New England Fabrics inwards NH.  It is the same cloth she used inwards her kitchen in addition to I LOVE it! Even though it's notwithstanding neutral I recollect it adds a squeamish interesting in addition to fun comport upon inwards hither too. And don't expect equally good closely because the nailhead cut down is pretty crooked. The girls took turns hammering inwards every other boom =)

Until nosotros tin shipping away become ahead in addition to supervene upon the counters in addition to add together a backsplash (and that is likely notwithstanding months away!) the kitchen is pretty much finished for now. Here is a reminder of what it looked similar on moving day:

 

I made the chalkboard the same agency I did for our other ones (you tin shipping away uncovering that tutorial here) except I made it a proficient chip larger. And thence for the chalkboard component subdivision instead of epitome chalkboard pigment onto a slice of wook, I painted the backside of a whiteboard that they sell at Lowe's. It was $13 for a HUGE slice (I recollect it was 4' past times 8') thence I had them cut down it downward a chip for me.

You tin shipping away uncovering our tutorial on how to build the bench here.

And if you lot are looking for sources you lot tin shipping away uncovering those past times click here.

Have a blessed week!