When I first moved into my apartment seven years ago, painting the entire kitchen with chalkboard paint as one of my first DIY projects. It's a relatively small galley kitchen, mind you. I have two walls that border the doorway which I use for writing notes and drawing silly pictures and the rest is all covered in cabinets and appliances so the chalkboard paint acts as a backsplash. I remember telling people what I was going to do and they seemed a bit shocked. Their main concern seemed to be that my kitchen was going to be black. When people come into my home, however, one of the first comments is usually, "Oh I love the chalkboard ... I should do that in my kitchen."
When I was painting my kitchen seven years ago, chalkboard paint still seemed like this new and exciting DIY material that I'd never heard of. Today, I have seen it on absolutely everything. To illustrate my point, I give you the chalkboard car above.
As I was riding my bike home a few days ago, I spied this Chevy from far, far away. At first I thought the car had been tagged with graffiti. There's a larger tic-tac-toe board on the other side of the car and that's what I saw first. Those poor people, I thought. As I neared the car I began to realize that the entire body has been covered in chalkboard paint. The car had indeed been tagged - apparently by children using chalk.
My first thought was wow! My next thought was cool. A chalkboard car is completely silly and wildly playful but letting your kids draw on your car is awesome. I don't have any back story on this car so I don't know why the owner would do this. Maybe the car needed a new paint job and he came across a large supply of free chalkboard paint. Maybe she's a fun mom, dating this hipster DIY guy who painted her car to impress her kids. Or maybe the car shed its shiny factory coating and underneath there was this dull, dark gray coating.
Kudos to you, chalkboard car owner. Whoever you are, and whatever your intentions, thanks for keeping it real.
Image: Jason Loper
Since it was a free wash, I wasn't excepting much to begin with, but you know, my car looked a lot better after the wash.
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