Chalk It Up

Chalkboard paint is a creative option for children's playrooms, but the spaces below demonstrate that it works just as well for the grown-ups at home. Take a look . . . 

"When your walls are painted with chalkboard paint, 
you can create your own changing art work."
The Fort Greene, Brooklyn brownstone of Hilary Robertson - a stylist for Garnet Hill, Whole Living, and Ochre - and Alastair McCowan, chief executive of Chesney's.
Photography by Trevor Tondro for the New York Times.
"Staple-Gun Decorating" by Penelope Green.

New York Times, October 11, 2012

"The parlor floor has all the wedding cake details people prize in a 19th-century townhouse. And the basement floor has all the drawbacks, including two windowless interior rooms, the larger of which Mr. McCowan handled by covering the walls in chalkboard paint. 'It was already dark, so why not paint it black?' his wife said."
The Fort Greene, Brooklyn brownstone of Hilary Robertson - a stylist for Garnet Hill, Whole Living, and Ochre - and Alastair McCowan, chief executive of Chesney's.
Photography by Trevor Tondro for the New York Times.
"Staple-Gun Decorating" by Penelope Green.

New York Times, October 11, 2012

"The blackboard on the breakfast bar is an opportunity for an intriguing quote."
Vintage Chambers range from antiqueappliances.com. 
Paint is Benjamin Moore's Snow on the Mountain. 
Weekend house in Marin County, California belonging to Kim and Mark Dempster.
Interior design by Kim Dempster and Erin Martin.
Photography by Alec Hemer.
"A Chic Little Beach House" interview by Christine Pittel.
House Beautiful (July - August 2012).

"Dempster had the refrigerator made by Antique Vintage Appliances, in Tucson, 
to look like an old icebox."

Weekend house in Marin County, California belonging to Kim and Mark Dempster.

Interior design by Kim Dempster and Erin Martin.

Photography by Alec Hemer.

"A Chic Little Beach House" interview by Christine Pittel.

House Beautiful (July - August 2012).

"The island is topped with Calacutta Gold marble and trimmed with brass corner guards for steamer trunks, from Brettuns Village Trunk Shop. Its metal tubular legs are fitted with parts from Brass Finders. Footed cabinets by Wood-Mode reflect the period of the 1905 house. The black countertops are made of two slabs of soapstone equaling two inches and forming a double ogee edge."  Chalkboard panels: New York Blackboard Online   

Ridgewood, New Jersey kitchen of Nicole Hough and family in a 1905 American foursquare.

Design by Nicole Hough.

Photography by Laura Moss.

Interview by Frances Schultz.

"Kitchen of the Month" produced by David M. Murphy.

House Beautiful (April 2012).

"[Nicole] Hough makes her lists on the custom steel chalkboard panels on the fridge doors."

Chalkboard panels: New York Blackboard Online 
Ridgewood, New Jersey kitchen of Nicole Hough and family in a 1905 American foursquare.
Design by Nicole Hough.
Photography by Laura Moss.
Interview by Frances Schultz.
"Kitchen of the Month" produced by David M. Murphy.
House Beautiful (April 2012).

"This Christopher Peacock kitchen in Chappaqua, New York, has the soft, mellow feel of a beloved antique, and the chalkboard on the pantry cupboard - a Peacock signature - is a detail that adds approachability."

Kitchen design by Christopher Peacock.

Photography by Laura Moss.

"Mellow Looks in Chappaqua, New York" by Christine Pittel.

House Beautiful (March 2007).

"Benjamin Moore's blackboard paint covers the playroom walls, ready for when inspiration strikes. The black Farmhouse chairs are from Pottery Barn Kids and the worktable is from IKEA, its legs cut down to child-size. The rug is from Pier 1 Imports."

Interior design by Ruby Beets.

Photography by Don Freeman.

Interview by Penelope Green.

"May We Introduce Ruby Beets?" produced by Senga Mortimer.

House Beautiful (July 2006).

"A kitchen chalkboard by Ballard Designs caters to [Ty] Larkins's seven-year-old twin daughters."

Baton Rouge, Louisiana home of Ty Larkins and family.

Interior design by Ty Larkins.

Photography by Thomas Loof.

Interview by James Servin.

"A New Take on Traditional Design"

House Beautiful (December 2009 - January 2010).

Wall paint: Benjamin Moore Studio Finishes Chalkboard.

J. Crew's Jenna Lyons "obsessively sprayed the fixtures with ocean water, so the brass would appear as seasoned as the herringbone floor."

1890 Brooklyn, New York brownstone formerly owned by Jenna Lyons.

Photography by Melanie Acevedo.

Text by Lauren Sandler.

"Totally Modern Timelessness" produced by Kim Ficaro.

Domino (November 2008).  

" 'I love taking simple materials and finding the beauty in them - letting things be what they are.' Charcoal walls - not the bathtub that's in the bedroom - are what surprise visitors most. 'There's a certain drama in something being unexpected,' says [Jenna] Lyons, 'and an air of formality because it's dark. But there's also an ease you don't usually find.' Why? It's chalkboard paint. [Benjamin Moore's Studio Finishes Chalkboard]. Likewise, feed sacks tacked to the headboard and rumpled always white linens bring a casual rusticity to the majesty of the marble fireplace and crown molding."
1890 Brooklyn, New York brownstone formerly owned by Jenna Lyons of J.Crew.

Photography by Melanie Acevedo.

Text by Lauren Sandler.

"Totally Modern Timelessness" produced by Kim Ficaro.

Domino (November 2008).