Were you the kind of kid that loved spending the afternoon with a bucket of chalk, turning your driveway into a multicolored canvas? Well, then you're likely on board with the recent surge in ...

Chalkboard paint is not a new trend for the home, but it's steadily growing in popularity, enthuses designer Joshua Rowland, simply because it's fun. It's also "pretty useful," added Rowland, ...

It takes a special talent to make strangers pause and smile during the rush of their busy days. Yet Adrienne Ellis does it on a weekly basis. Ellis is the general manager at the Circa restaurant in ...

Chalkboards may be old-school, but they’re new accents in home decor. “Look what I made,” Kelly Sims of Liberty, Mo., said at a chalkboard paint class in Independence, Mo., holding up pictures of a ...

Melissa is a writer who focuses on home design, trends and projects. She covers content for a variety of sites to help readers navigate everything from finding the right interior color palette to ...

Is your Pinterest board full of chalkboard wall inspiration? Have you been toying with the idea of trying out the bold DIY project but haven’t quite gotten up the nerve to do it yet? If you have ...

It was great fun chalk painting and chalkboarding just about everything in sight (watch out, Rover -- only kidding!) … for a while. But now there's a new movement toward a sleeker, more ...

When Annie Sloan created Chalk Paint in 1990, she never imagined that it would become the go-to decorative paint for anyone embarking on a do-it-yourself home project—which is exactly what it is today ...

Chalk paint was invented in 1990 specifically to eliminate sanding and priming — the two steps that stop most beginners before they start. The calcium carbonate in chalk paint gives it a grip that ...

DIY novices, fear not: refurbing your furniture is much simpler than you may think. Repainting a dresser, bookshelf, or mirror doesn't have to be an arduous task, and can be tackled in a weekend ...