rustic-wedding-handbook-diy-finished-0814.jpg   Credit: Maggie Carson Romano

THE TOOLS Slab of wood1 cup latex paint in the color of your choiceDisposable mixing bowl, cup, or canDisposable spoon2 tablespoons unsanded groutPaintbrushChalk rustic-wedding-handbook-diy-supplies-0814.jpg Credit: Maggie Carson Romano HOW-TO 1. Sand the slab of wood to ensure that the paint will stick and go on smoothly and evenly. 2. Pour 1 cup of paint into your mixing bowl, cup, or can. rustic-wedding-handbook-diy-pouring-paint-0814.jpg Credit: Maggie Carson Romano 3. Using the spoon, measure out 2 tablespoons of unsanded grout and add to the measured paint. rustic-wedding-handbook-diy-add-grout-0814.jpg Credit: Maggie Carson Romano 4. Combine the grout and paint. (You should not be able to see any of the grout’s original color when you are finished mixing.) rustic-wedding-handbook-diy-mixing-0814.jpg Credit: Maggie Carson Romano 5. Use a paintbrush to apply the paint to your surface. The paint will be thick; this is normal. Apply the paint evenly and try to avoid obvious brushstrokes. 6. Allow the paint to dry completely in a dry, temperature-controlled location. (Drastic changes in temperature or humidity will cause the wood to expand and then contract, creating cracks.) rustic-wedding-handbook-diy-paint-wood-0814.jpg Credit: Maggie Carson Romano 7. Once dry, take a piece of chalk and cover the entire chalkboard surface to condition the paint. 8. Erase the chalk and decorate with chalk as desired. rustic-wedding-handbook-diy-finished-0814.jpg Credit: Maggie Carson Romano Note: This project can also be done with store-bought chalkboard paint. Photographs and text from The Rustic Wedding Handbook have been used with permission by Gibbs Smith.

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rustic-wedding-handbook-diy-finished-0814.jpg   Credit: Maggie Carson Romano

rustic-wedding-handbook-diy-finished-0814.jpg Credit: Maggie Carson Romano

rustic-wedding-handbook-diy-finished-0814.jpg

Credit: Maggie Carson Romano

THE TOOLS

Slab of wood1 cup latex paint in the color of your choiceDisposable mixing bowl, cup, or canDisposable spoon2 tablespoons unsanded groutPaintbrushChalk

rustic-wedding-handbook-diy-supplies-0814.jpg   Credit: Maggie Carson Romano

HOW-TO

  1. Sand the slab of wood to ensure that the paint will stick and go on smoothly and evenly.

  2. Pour 1 cup of paint into your mixing bowl, cup, or can.

    rustic-wedding-handbook-diy-pouring-paint-0814.jpg Credit: Maggie Carson Romano

  3. Using the spoon, measure out 2 tablespoons of unsanded grout and add to the measured paint.

    rustic-wedding-handbook-diy-add-grout-0814.jpg Credit: Maggie Carson Romano

  4. Combine the grout and paint. (You should not be able to see any of the grout’s original color when you are finished mixing.)

    rustic-wedding-handbook-diy-mixing-0814.jpg Credit: Maggie Carson Romano

  5. Use a paintbrush to apply the paint to your surface. The paint will be thick; this is normal. Apply the paint evenly and try to avoid obvious brushstrokes.

  6. Allow the paint to dry completely in a dry, temperature-controlled location. (Drastic changes in temperature or humidity will cause the wood to expand and then contract, creating cracks.)

    rustic-wedding-handbook-diy-paint-wood-0814.jpg Credit: Maggie Carson Romano

  7. Once dry, take a piece of chalk and cover the entire chalkboard surface to condition the paint.

  8. Erase the chalk and decorate with chalk as desired.

Note: This project can also be done with store-bought chalkboard paint.

Photographs and text from The Rustic Wedding Handbook have been used with permission by Gibbs Smith.

rustic-wedding-handbook-diy-supplies-0814.jpg Credit: Maggie Carson Romano

rustic-wedding-handbook-diy-supplies-0814.jpg

rustic-wedding-handbook-diy-pouring-paint-0814.jpg Credit: Maggie Carson Romano

rustic-wedding-handbook-diy-pouring-paint-0814.jpg

rustic-wedding-handbook-diy-add-grout-0814.jpg Credit: Maggie Carson Romano

rustic-wedding-handbook-diy-add-grout-0814.jpg

rustic-wedding-handbook-diy-mixing-0814.jpg Credit: Maggie Carson Romano

rustic-wedding-handbook-diy-mixing-0814.jpg

rustic-wedding-handbook-diy-paint-wood-0814.jpg Credit: Maggie Carson Romano

rustic-wedding-handbook-diy-paint-wood-0814.jpg

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