Magnetic Chalkboard

A magnetic chalkboard? Genius!? A pretty framed magnetic chalkboard, even better! Sure I could have purchased one from a flea market, but what's the fun in that? Probably not very cost efficient either, those booth people have to make a living right?!? It was pretty easy to make. The hard part was probably finding the perfect frame which I did at the salvation army (duh? where else?!) My frame was 24x30 and it cost me $11....yes eleven dollars the huge wooden frame & tax free.

This was exactly the kind of frame I was looking for; detailed, huge, & cheap

 Some of the products we used

Since I only had a frame, we had to buy a piece of wood & a sheet of galvanized steel. Let me tell you it took me forever to find that sheet of steel; it was in the plumbing section under large metal pipes. Yes, it has to be galvanized steel so magnets will stick. The length needed to be shortened a bit; cut the wood at the home improvement store & we cut the steel ourselves. Glued the two pieces together using Loctite spray adhesive (3) then primed it with Bulls Eye 123 primer for all surfaces (2)

We patiently waited for 30 minutes to pass... ok an hour to be on the safe side. Then we hit the board with Rustoleum chalk paint (4)

Here's the frame primed (2) then sprayed with Valspar laquer gloss in black (1). I don't think you necessarily need laquer gloss, it was just something we had for another project.

 We stapled the board in the frame. I'm sure we could of nailed it in, but we made do with what we had which was a staple gun. On the bottom left corner is a pretty magnetic bin (bought from Marshalls) to hold chalk & maybe whatever junk that will find it's way in there

My dream chalkboard in all it's glory. Another project crossed off my imaginary DIY list. It came out so well, my bf wants to make more to sell. So we can be those booth people tryna make a living.