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I've been so inspired by all of the chalkboard projects out in blogland. A couple of weeks ago I found a frame at a garage sale for $3. It was kind of beat up looking, which was perfect for me. :)

My husband cut a piece of hardboard to fit inside. I painted the white side of it with Rust-oleum Chalk Board Paint. The can was $10 at Home Depot

I put three coats on it, letting it dry completely between coats. I used a foam roller and alternated directions with each coat. I probably used 1/10 of the can for this 18x22 piece.

I spray painted the frame with a Flat White paint from Valspar. It then sat in the garage for 10 days while we were on vacation. This helped as it was easy to sand down later.

I sanded it down with these:

And here's the finished product. (with my very elementary artistic abilities shown!)

Since I had just about everything on hand, I figure I spent $4 on it--$3 for the frame and $1 on the amount of chalkboard paint I used out of the can.

(I found that a damp micro-fiber cloth cleans it perfectly.)

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Pam

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I am embarrassed to admit it, but I have had a couple of framed pictures on our bedside tables for almost 20 years. In the same frames. Yes, silver and gold frames were all the rage in the 1990's!

Recently I came to the conclusion that some serious updating was needed.

Here's what I did to update this one:

Those decorative knots in the corners were tough, but I just kept wrapping and wrapping until I could no longer see the shiny silver and gold. The corners look a little bulky, but I kind of like the one of a kind-ness of it.

I hot glued some wire to the back to hang it.

Because I wrapped the jute around (and around and around--OMG, how many times do I have to wrap this darn thing???), the glass wouldn't fit in it. I needed to find another use for it. Here's what I came up with.

I ended up using about 3/4 of the roll of jute on this 5x7 frame.

I superglued the starfish right to the wall.

(As for the picture by our bed, I put it in a new wooden frame)

I found a wooden frame at a thrift store for $1. I painted it blue and added burlap and batting. I then glued a starfish onto the burlap. I got this idea from Cottage Living-from the Beach to the Burb's Blogpost

Here's what they look like on the wall. The lower one doesn't show up very well in this picture, but looks fine in real life.

And here's another beachy corner of our master bedroom. For the rest of the master, you can go HERE.

I made the starfish pillow using a graphic I found online. I used an Ikea pillow cover and insert. I copied it onto TAP Transfer paper, cut it close to the edges and ironed it on like I did with some other pillows HERE.