I have been getting busy with the homemade coloured chalkboard paint again! I am a bit of an obsessive. It is just such a cool, simple and thrifty way to upcycle things and transform spaces. I’ve recently made over a useless little nook into a kid’s corner with it.
See, we intend to keep cosleeping for a while, the four of us, so our little tot Ramona doesn’t actually have a bedroom. We just have the family room- one massive bed and a set of drawers for each of us. Then dotted around the house are little areas set up just for Ramona- one of the spare rooms holds the dolls room and all of her teddies and downstairs she has a bench with her art stuff on it. And now she has a little space with a table, chair and some nursery style decoration.
We found this little coffee table on the street, it is quite a handy size but I felt a quick lick of some homemade coloured chalk board paint would just make it a bit more fun.
With the extra paint I gave some old frames a little makeover, and hooked up some big letters and numbers we got from a charity shop a little while ago.
It is quite common to see her sitting at her desk, working away or reading. What a poppet!
Here is a quick vlog of me showing how to whip up Homemade Coloured Chalkboard Paint
And here is a little How To with the coloured chalk paint and coffee table:
OMG – I had that tea pot thing when I was a kid. Really takes me back seeing it again. Love the corner and love the idea of using chalkboard paint too.
No way! Ramona has frying pan and pot too, my mum found it in a charity shop 🙂
And that’s exactly why I love charity shop finds! 🙂
I do love that corner – lucky Ramona. I love the colours too. I remember my kids loving little corners of their own when they were tiny. We had a sheepskin with a basket of books by the end of the couch, a blackboard in the back porch, a hammock on the front porch, and a little table and chair there too. Pint sized furniture. Nothing sweeter. Then they get a bit older, and make the whole house into a cubby with all your blankets, and tie them to the curtain rods with string…
Haha how gorgeous. We have a reading nook too, with a bean bag. She loves it!
Sure Ramona loves it. The paint is a brilliant idea! Off to have a go myself now! Thanks.
It will change your life teehee!
Fab posts again Lucy
Thank you Jen!
This looks so lovely and the colours are gorgeous! What a fab little space. 🙂
Thanks Jen! I was trying to get a bit of a retro feel happening with these colours 🙂
feeling inspired. Maybe, if we can’t manage to sell this little house, we could fit four of us in…its a big enough bedroom for an even bigger bed. And find some corners around the house that could be their space. Thanks!
*high fives* bigger houses are INCREDIBLY overrated!
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