Workspace of the Week: Chalk it up!

This week’s Workspace of the Week is brandnewday7’s chalkboard centerpiece.

Brandnewday7 has a great uncluttered home office space, but the really neat thing is the chalkboard that takes center stage. If you have a big empty wall, consider putting up a chalkboard. You can even use some chalkboard paint (or stick-on panels) and a little trim to get just the right size. It’s great for brainstorming, leaving notes, and a hit with little ones.

Want to have your own workspace featured in Workspace of the Week? Submit a picture to the Unclutterer flickr pool. Check it out because we have a nice little community brewing there. Also, don’t forget that workspaces aren’t just desks. If you’re a cook, it’s a kitchen; if you’re a carpenter, it’s your workbench.

Posted by Erin on Nov 2, 2007 | Comments | Tweet This

6 comments posted

  1. Posted by In the Key of Life - 11/02/2007

    I think the link to the flickr pool is wrong, it takes me to ekalb?
    Thanks for posting our chalkboard! What I did was paint a the rectangle directly on the wall with that chalkboard paint ($11 at Home Depot) Then took some prepainted baseboard ($20 Lowes)cut to fit, nailed it up, took another piece of trim nailed it to the bottom trim for the chalk holder, all in all it was about a 3-4 hour job, minus the paint drying…our son loves it and I am currently using it to display my financial goals for my new business. The possibilities are endless! Thanks for posting it!

  2. Posted by samu - 11/02/2007

    Agh! Sorry, but I loathe chalk. I have to deal with it everyday, as none of the schools at which I teach have upgraded to whiteboards. And I know whiteboards suck, with pens drying out, and the wrong kind of pen indelibly marking the board, and so on… but God, the DUST! And the FEEL of the stuff scraping itself off onto the board… and it gets into your clothes, and into your skin, and into your soul…

  3. Posted by sunny - 11/02/2007

    here’s the link to the chalkboard photo.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/8.....235503916/

    at first, I too went to ekalb’s photos :)

  4. Posted by Kris - 11/02/2007

    I used to have an entire wall painted with the chalkboard paint and my kids LOVED it. Most recently, we painted the interior part of our kitchen cabinets with black chalboard paint and it became a message board. Works like a charm.

    And they make low dust chalk. Works really well.

  5. Posted by Andamom - 11/03/2007

    You can also get magnetic paint! http://www.kling.com/magneticpaintindex.html

  6. Posted by Kat - 11/05/2009

    white boards are so much better. cleaner, brighter looking.

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