chalking

I am a mother of three and at school, a therapist suggested large muscle exercise for my youngest.
so yesterday, i went out and bought chalk board [spray] paint to make the most easel like version of a chalkboard that wouldn't clutter our house further by taking up floor space. [i love making use of wall space, thank you ikea.]
covering a wall with chalk paint wouldn't impress my husband, so i looked for spaces to use. our fridge. i think it will work well if the black chalk does not make it an eye sore. [it's old and we are planing to replace our appliances eventually]. so the fridge and maybe the door to the office. [its flat and ugly old, not charming old.]
also making little hand held boards or smaller boards for more clutter.. aye!
growing up, i had a large chalkboard in our basement. my sister and i would spend hours drawing on it, so the idea of a large drawing space is extremely charming to me.
i love my husband very much. let me make that clear. however we do not see eye to eye on a few things. for starters, our house. we have three kids. it is a continuous mess. organizing it is not impossible, but evidence of having children will never be hidden. he would like a home that looks like a luxurious hotel room/apt. i don't dislike those at all, but its not a look i think will be possible in our home until our kids are out of the house.
what is it with men and the want of an entertainment room? i like tv and movies. i don't find it hard to get into a movie if the screen is "only 26 inches", though. but whatever. i know there are things i won't understand or certain things that won't grow on me. doesnt mean that his interests aren't valid.
i do think my thoughts on the home are more family oriented at times though. even if it doesn't look classy, it would be functional and "happy".
we moved into our present home about 2years ago. lovely. it was the proper needed size we wanted [despite the renos that were made seemed rushed and half assed] and bordered on the school the kids would go to, and the price was what we could afford, not "try to" afford. our first owned home! YAH!
possession date we went in to clean. jess [my husband] decided to peek behind panel boards in the basement/lower floor. mould. toxic black mould through out the whole basement.
happiness.
so we couldnt move in right away, but we were already in with both feet. so we got the basement gutted and we have slowly been renovating the home up to standard.
that just to say that our "playroom" is unfinished.
so plans to do the playroom a certain way are somewhat decided. but now i dont want to finish it, because it will become an entertainment room, and our upstairs living room will be more of a 'sitting room" for when we have company. right now the living room is the tv/sitting room. the basement is the playroom.
i ramble.
also, i worked in a daycare for a brief time and wanted to pursue early childhood education before my kids were born, so the layout of play places for children seem very functional and needed. playing is good. a playroom is a great place for all three children to play together and continue to learn from each other.
i would love to make the basement super fun! a table, a computer desk, a puppet center, a book corner, shelves and bins for them to be able to organize and clean up after themselves [with much coaxing], paper and crafts, blackboard, kitchen/house/store playarea, and maybe tv and bean bags. i know there is enough room in there to do it.
i'm gonna do it. when he is gone to work. *sneaks*
no, not that way, but yes.. it'll get done. and it will be a beautiful thing!
but for now, i will figure out how to do the side of the fridge and the door in the best way possible.


UPDATE:
so after this original blog, i got paint for the project.
i gave the fridge a quick sanding and over 2 days,
i gave the fridge 3 coats and let it dry three days before curing and using it. then wet wiped it after 7 days. not too hard.
it turned out pretty good. my fridge has a crinkly surface instead of smooth so, its not quite as good as a slate board, but i think the kids will use and enjoy it. it makes a nice big surface to draw on. and gets chalk dust all over the house.