When we moved in to our current house it was covered top to bottom with builder’s white paint. Can you spell B-O-R-I-N-G? So not long after we settled in we decided to start painting. We picked some lovely colors in shades of green, blue, gold and beige and got right to work. Unfortunately we didn’t always choose no or low- VOC paints and the smell made me sick to my stomach. Yuck.
Recently I found out about Lullaby Paints. They carry No-VOC paints and paints that are free of a whole slew of gross toxins. The toxins they removed from their paints include things that are known asthmagens, allergens, neurotoxicants, and carcinogens. Lullaby Paints, as the name might suggest, concerned themselves with making paints that were safe for pregnant moms-to-be, newborns and even safe for kids to paint with. They have really cool colors, 38 of them to be exact, and they even were smart enough to match some of them into cute collections.
But since I don’t have any more nurseries to paint, thank God{ shh, I didn’t say that}, I was excited to try out Lullaby Paints Chalkboard Paint Kit. These are super cool kits that include everything you need to paint a 30 square foot area, including the Lullaby Paints Chalkboard Paint, roller, tray, painters tape and even some chalk to get your started.
The Project
This past Mother’s Day weekend my husband had to work so after I put the boys to bed I taped off a small area in our kitchen and started painting. We had chosen the Lullaby Paints Chalkboard Paint Kit in Moonstone. We felt it was a good match for our current kitchen color of light sage with silver and brown accents. The first thing I have to say about the Lullaby Paints Chalkboard Paint Kit is that I love the way the paint is packaged. It actually come in a pouch with a closable lid. You can easily pour the paint into the try and then just screw the cap back on the unused portion. It make using the kit so easy. I used the included roller to paint the whole area. I needed to let it dry for several hours before applying the next coat so I opted to just wait until the next day. After I finished the second coat (on Mother’s Day!) and let it dry, I rubbed some of the included chalk all over the board, per instructions, to prime it. Then it was ready for little hands to draw on. It really was that easy.
My Thoughts
I love the finished product. The color is perfect for our room, but I think if I were to do it again I would choose a slightly darker shade just to make it easier to see the chalk. Matthew has already asked it we could paint other walls in the house. We have a neighbor who painted the whole wall outside her pantry with Chalkboard paint and I think he has grand ideas of doing the same. I would make sure we choose Lullaby Paints Chalkboard Paint Kit if we did. There was no, zero, none, of the gross and toxic fumes that usually go with painting. I had a great experience with Lullaby Paints Chalkboard Paint Kit. The only other thing I would do is to add a chair rail or other border to offset the chalkboard area from the rest of the wall.
So tell me what room would you like to paint with some Lullaby Paints Chalkboard Paint?
Disclosure: I received free products in order to facilitate this review. All opinions are my own.
What a neat project!
This paint sounds awesome. Our 2 year old already chalks everything in our house. This past week I walked into our kitchen to find the front of every cabinet on the bottom marked with orange chalk. I am so thankful chalk just wipes away. I am actually going to make her a chalkboard top table this coming week for her playroom. I would love to chalk a wall in the playroom. As a mother with a child who loves to write and draw, chalk is a life saver for us. No more markers or crayons in our house for awhile, they are too hard to clean up. Although a chalked wall in the kitchen would allow for me to record my recipes as I cook and make easy changes/tweaks as needed. Great review.
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Nice to hear about a chalkboard paint with zero VOCs. I hate having to breathe all of those yucky fumes that are in other paints.
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Sounds like a great kit. I love chalkboard paint.
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That is really neat. I’d love to do this in a kitchen area. In our last home we painted a feature wall with magnetic paint so we had a huge area to hang all our daughter’s art and paperwork, much better than the fridge!
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I’ve always wanted to do wall in my playroom!
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I have been wanting to do the chalkboard paint somewhere, just haven’t gotten to it yet.
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When the kids get older, you can leave chore or reminder notes to them and vice versa.
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It looks interesting
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I didn’t even know you could get a kit like this. I absolutely love this!
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I need to do this to my pantry door!
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I want to paint my back room with chalkboard paint above the chair rail after the ceiling gets replaced.
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I would do a wall in each of my kids room so they can write on the wall and not get in trouble!
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Oh I love that!!
If I had a space like that, I think I’d paint it with a brown or black chalkboard paint and put a table against it for food photos!
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Love how this turned out! I cant wait to try out chalkboard paint in my house!
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I love chalkboard paint! Even if you aren’t using it for something to actually write on it has a great finish!
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You did a great job!
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Love this! I have been wanting to find a good chalkboard paint for my daughters room.
I love chalkboard paint! I use it on old window frames, wooden candle sticks, my son’s dresser, you name it, I use it on everything.
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I want to paint some chalkboard paint on some walls in my basement. Paranoid that the kids will want to draw everywhere if they’re given a spot to do it.
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Oh I really like this! It would be great in a playroom.
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Oh my gosh have to get this! Especially for my sister in law!
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Guh! I hate the smell of paint fumes and I’m glad to hear this one doesn’t have any. I love the fact that the chalkboard paint comes in other colors aside from black!
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That is pretty neat! I don’t think I could use this since I reside in an apartment, but I’ll definitely keep them in mind once I buy a house…..hopefully, next year!
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I must say I really love that it’s colored chalkboard paint and not the black. Allows it to blend in and not be so in your face.
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This is so cool. I’m going to have to check this company out.
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I think this would be great to do squares in a room with and they can have different little chalkboard areas.
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How cool! I have been wanting to do something with chalkboard paint in the house too.
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I love this.
That is SO cool! I’d love to add a chalk section to my son’s room.
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What a neat idea. I’m sure it’s a huge hit with all kids.
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I know the perfect wall I can use paint like this on. What a great idea. The only thing I worry about would be chalk eraser mess all over the carpet.
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LOVE, LOVE, LOVE …. I keep researching chalkboard paints and how-tos. I really want to do a chalkboard wall in our house.
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Sounds like a nice kit!
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We have chalkboard paint in my youngest childs room and he loves it. The other kiddos go in there to play a lot.
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This paint sounds awesome, my daughter is too old but I bet my nephews would love it.
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I had no idea that chalkboard paint came in various colors beside standard black, how cool! I would like to create a chalkboard area along a small section of our hallway, near the kids’ bedrooms, so they can get creative whenever they felt like it.
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I keep hearing about how awesome chalkboard paint is, I definitely want to do a wall or two in our home.
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I want to do a chalkboard wall in my kids’ room, but my husband won’t let me. Maybe he’ll let me do a section on our backyard fence.
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I want to paint one wall in the playroom with chalkboard paint.
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We just purchased some of this the other day!
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I would love to do that in my kids rooms.
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That chalk paint looks so awesome. I don’t have younger kids but I still want to do a section of a wall with this stuff lol
I love the idea, but I agree – a darker color may have worked better.
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