When Is a Door Not a Door?

 Good Morning

It was a warm weekend...well, warm compared to the frigid weather we've been having.  The temps made it into the 40's and 50's, melting off some of the snow we received a couple of weeks ago. But, snow is on the way again.

So, when is a door not a door?  When it's a chalkboard.  Well, realistically, it's still a door, a door that's been repurposed. 

A previous post told the story of this door, I won't mention it again but I will tell you how much I love the milk paint finishes I've seen on different blogs. I want to try it on a surface and see up close and personal what it looks like, does the finish really look that good in real time, I want to see for myself.

But...I didn't use it on this door because I was having a stay at home day when I painted it;  you know, those days when you don't want to leave the house because you've been working all week outside the home.  Instead, I used regular old acrylic paint.

These are the steps I used:

1) primed the door.

2) painted 2 coats of chalkboard paint on the inside surface

3) painted 1 coat of antique green on the frame

4) painted 2 light coats of a bluish gray over the green

I let the paint dry overnight, then sanded and scraped the top coat down to the green and in areas to the ordinal brown stain.

Once I was satisfied with the sanding and scraping I added 2 coats of a matte finish to the frame.

I hand lettered with regular chalk.

Somewhere around here is another door from the entertainment center. I hope to find it and try out some milk paint.

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~willa~