I bought chalkboard paint at Lowe's a few months ago, and just never got around to putting it anywhere. Yesterday while I was cleaning I came across it, and remembered having seen someone use it on their refrigerator. I thought about it for the rest of the day, and when this morning I was still thinking about it, I decided to give it a try.
I always forget to take before pictures, but I'm sure you can picture a plain old ugly white fridge, so here's an after.
(Don't mind the horrible unfinished wall in the background. I'm getting there.)
After wiping down the fridge, I used Valspar chalkboard paint. At first I was worried about the drying time, but it actually dried really quickly, which was great because it needed three or four coats.
If I were to do this again:
- I would find a way to do it while the fridge was off. I mean, I did turn it off, but there was still stuff in there. It would be easiest to do empty.
- I would try harder to get the handles off. I looked at them for a minute, didn't see a way to get them off, and gave up. I think they might have looked cool white, but since I didn't have a brush at first, I accidentally got paint all over them with the roller.
- The rubbery seal part was weird. I left it white, but there's paint on it, and it looks weird. I think I'll probably paint it black soon.
Overall though, it was really easy and I'm really happy with it.
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