a whole world of possibilities

“But Mom, I don’t have a chalk wall. What am I supposed to draw?” was Riana’s almost rational response to the large drawing I found on her bedroom wall. It was a lovely drawing that will be on her wall for awhile, and part of me wanted to admonish its presence, but part of me agreed, sometimes we like to draw on more than paper.

With this in mind, we pulled a large, heavy, slate board out of my Grandparents’ attic. (Thanks Grandma!) It is an antique piece that was rescued many years ago from an old school house before its destruction. But this board made us miss our deep red chalk wall from Philly. (Sigh, I miss the little girl in fron of that wall too!)

Sometimes we need a place to post mantras, a place to stare at our ideas, post lists, and be reminded of the places we need to use as our touchstones.

Enter wall-covered-by-bookcases in the front room. Our mid-winter rearrange finds this wall now painted with our own grout-paint mix, this time it is a tan chalk wall…still blank…but full of possibilities.

We also rehung the lamp made of used sandpaper drums and found a spot for one of those mantras that I like to have around.

UPDATE: After a few weeks with our tan chalk wall, I need to add this amendment- it’s too light! I most certainly like having a colored chalk wall rather than a black or green chalk board colored wall. The deep red wall in our first house worked wonderfully. This color is just too light to really get the chalk to pop out. We have friends who made a bright turquoise chalk wall that is beautiful. But this wall is going to need to become a deeper brown (or some other color) for us to really appreciate it as a chalk wall. I still recommend the method we used, it’s effective, easy, and inexpensive. Just pick a darker color! :)

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