What a shock, 17 zaney ways to use chalk!

Did you ever think of the possibility of drawing all over your furniture without anyone getting annoyed? Using chalkboards as works of art to decorate walls, cabinets, doors and kids rooms helps to inspire creativity and gives a whole new look to your space. There are numerous ways to incorporate chalkboards into your home, here are several ideas that will be sure to inspire... 

This beautiful Shelter Island home has an enormous chalkboard wall that provides a nice contrast to the stark white kitchen. To view pictures from the rest of this incredible house click here.

Here is one wacky office, with the walls and ceilings painted with chalkboard paint. The other features of this space includes a desk constructed from a wing off of a World War II plane; and the chair used to belong to a dentist. 

This painted chalkboard door turns into a work of art and is an excellent way to leave notes for your family or roommates to catch on their way out.

A very modern dining area uses a chalkboard painted wall as an accent wall and a space to create original works of art.

A unique idea from Pottery Barn, modular chalkboard tiles that creates an all-purpose family organizer that can be arranged in different configurations.

This chalkboard wall by Booizy has been painted with chalkboard paint to create a focal point in the living room.

This is a chalkboard USA wall map that is essentially a decal that can be used anywhere in your home.

An interesting concept to adding "green" into your home with an old refrigerator that doubles as a place to write up a grocery shopping list.

Designed for a lakehouse by E. Cobb Architects Inc., this project features a 22" tall chalkboard that is part of the support structure for the stair treads. This makes the stairway a continuous art project as well as a communication center, such as, "we’re at the lake" or "Anna loves Harry."

Here the chalkboard paint contributes to the cool feeling of metal and marble, but it also adds a playful dimension to this very modern and minimalistic industrial space.

Designed by Birdhouse Interior Design Consulting, this chalkboard painted door has been used as art. The scale of this piece makes a bold statement and the Dr. Seuss words written all over it makes it more intriguing. The uneven texture adds a completely different character to this otherwise simple and neat bathroom.

This image is from the May/June 2008 issue of Marie Claire Maison. The owners of this loft painted the entire back wall of their kitchen in chalkboard paint and created a fun custom mural.