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Yep… chalk board wall… whole… wall!… Last friday I was out in Banff with a pile of girlfriends for Mere's bachelorette… a time was had for sure!… when I got home on Saturday I was looking at the kitchen wall… and it hit me… why don't we make the whole wall a chalk board!?… I said it to Chris and he was game!… we picked up the supplies and late on Sunday I taped it off… cut it in…
…stepped it in…
…then away with the roller… and two coats later it was perfect!…
…Chris suggested we get some more frames and hang up on the wall… I've been looking but haven't come across anything yet… for now we have the one we had up there back up there…
…now I have to brag about how patient I've been ALL week… see… you have to let the paint cure for three days… three… then you have to "season" the wall before you write on it…
…seasoning a surface newly painted with Rustoleum's chalk board paint means taking a piece of chalk on its side and rubbing it all over the surface… then wiping it with a dry cloth or chalk board eraser… I wanted to be sure this worked well so I picked up a chalk board eraser from Staples today… rubbed it down all over and then chalk board erasered all over…
When nothing is written on the wall it looks amazing!… I was concerned that it would look a mess…
…now I've not written anything on it yet…
But our supplies are all ready!… It's been a busy day of treasure hunting… and house cleaning… and I cooked a magnificent supper… if I do say so myself… my best roast yet… every other roast up until now has come out rather dry… I kept my eye on and our thermometer in the roast to be sure it was cooked to perfection… combine that with brussesls sprouts (with bacon)… asparagus… and smashed mini potatoes… NOM!…
I've been craving some apple pie… or apple crisp now for a couple of weeks… so a quick baked apple after supper… NOM!… I feel like I could eat a dozen more… right now!… ha!…
Last week before heading out to Banff Colleen and I made a quick stop at Winners… and she snatched up this skully blouse and was like check this out!… I bought it… didn't even try it on… luckily it fit!… hehe…
Oh yes!… I mentioned treasure hunting today… I found a sweet table on kijiji last night… headed out this morning to pick it up and along the way stopped at two VV's… found some sweet little treasures!… two of which are the above bell jars!… I was pumped to find these… one was over a tacky plastic gold spinning clock thing… and the other over a brightly covered spinning Christmas carousel… only the bell jars were no longer attached!… when the girl rang them in I was like here… keep these bits… I only want the glass… They are the perfect size for the little mini roses we got a Sobeys!… Squeee!… More treasures were found but those will have to wait for another day… getting sleepy here now… need a little nibbly and a snuggle with my Pickle… hope you had a great weekend!…
xo
Lacey
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