Cohort

Besides  the word, "cohort" nothing makes me roll my eyes like chalkboard paint. Chalk board paint was ubiquitous in blogs and Pinterest for a while. It was coating everything from mason jars to bed room walls...and frankly, I thought it was hideous. Chalkboard surfaces feel gross, chalk feels...well chalky and all of it leaves a gloppy residue over everything. Nope. I'm against it.

Well...until I wasn't.

I've got this big ugly white thing in the laundry room. The hulking mass has been cluttering up the place and sitting empty for months...or it was until I had the bright idea to:

a) Take all the crap on the floor and actually put it in the massive storage cabinet.
b) Move it from the dumb spot to the good spot next to the washer and dryer....you know the spot with the giant hole in the wall where we were going to put cabinets.



Oh. THAT spot.

So after accomplishing those two tasks in about 15 minutes my dislike of the humongous white thing turned into appreciation of the tidiness of the laundry room. The cavernous white cabinet was now useful but still an eyesore....it's one of those cheap-o lowe-depot fiberboard and plastic creations and the doors don't line up and it's just sort of BLAH.

So I dallied with the idea of coating it in chalkboard paint. BUT THEN I HAD A BETTER IDEA....chalk board contact paper! Aw yeah. Less cost. No mess. A ton easier.

Check it out! Before:

And After!!

Yes, that is our actual grocery list. I wasn't trying to be cutesy for the blog. Now I have a good spot to write all of the things that we run out of. 

But what about your other chalkboard, why not write your list there?

In order to update this list I have to drag a chair from the other room and perch on it while leaning over the cat food. That's why.

That's also why it hasn't been updated since...um....February.