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A Spice Storage Idea Using Chalkboard Paint

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A spice storage idea using chalkboard paint

Spice storage. It seems like a clutter problem for every household. There is an ever-growing, ever-rotating container of spices, always different amounts and different jars. And how on earth do you keep them organized so you can find the one spice you need without having to pull every other bottle out of the cabinet first?

Well, call me a braggart, but I think I’ve found a way!

Using some inexpensive hardware store supplies and two dozen mason jars, we’ll create chalkboard stickers that will make it easy for you to add new spices to your collection without disrupting your organization system. This will also ensure that no spray paint will contaminate the inside of your spice containers.

Supplies for a spice storage project

To tackle this spice storage project, you’ll need the following supplies:


Step 1

Begin by taping a bit of contact paper to a drop cloth. A 2- to 3-foot stretch of paper should be enough.

Tape contact paper to drop cloth with painters tape


Step 2

Then, lightly coat the contact paper in chalkboard paint. You’ll be applying several very lights coats to the paper to avoid drips, so don’t worry about getting the first coat perfectly even and opaque.

Continue to add layers of chalkboard paint, working in light even coats. You should be able to apply a new coat about every 30-45 minutes.

Once you have an even, opaque coat of chalkboard paint, let it dry fully.

Spray contact paper with chalkboard spray paint in light, even coats

Spray contact paper with chalkboard spray paint in light, even coats


 Step 3

Next, you’ll need to prepare your chalkboard surface for chalk. Coat your surface with chalk dust using a bit of chalk.

Once you have an even, opaque coat of chalkboard paint, let it dry fully

Next, you'll need to prepare your chalkboard surface for chalk.


 Step 4

Next you’ll want to softly remove all of the chalk dust with a bit of paper towel. This will ensure that when you beginning writing on your chalkboard surface, nothing will leave a permanent mark. You’ll be able to write and erase easily this way.

Next, you'll need to prepare your chalkboard surface for chalk.


Step 5

Using a 2-inch hole punch, cut circles from your chalkboard contact paper. These 2-inch stickers will perfectly fit on the inside of the top of your mason jar!

Using a 2 inch hole punch, cut circles out of your contact paper


Step 6

Now that your jars are labeled, you can begin transferring your spices from their original, mismatched jars into the neatly labeled mason jars. I used a piece of paper to create a funnel so my spices wouldn’t spill all over the counter.  You can see (below) how the chalkboard stickers fit perfectly onto the top of the mason jar. By creating stickers rather than spraying the jar itself, you keep the spray paint from contaminating the inside of the mason jar top.

First attach the sticker to the jar, then label it

Transfer spices to labeled mason jars


Step 7

You can make extra stickers in case you decide to add to your collection. When you come home from the grocery, it’ll only take a few seconds to slap a label onto a fresh mason jar, write on it with a bit of chalk, and transfer your new spice into the jar!

We love an organization system that makes maintenance simple.

Label mason jars with chalkboard stickers to create a neat organization system for your spices

For more storage and organization tips, visit our Storage & Organization pinboard on Pinterest! And take a look at our Storage and Organization department online.

DIY Décor is a series about small, affordable design and décor projects for home and garden.

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DIY Chalkboard Paint Project for Your Wall

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DIY Chalkboard Paint Project for Your Wall: The finished project

Use chalk patterns to decorate your wall. It’s more striking than wallpaper, and you can change it whenever you’d like. Just paint your walls with chalkboard paint. Follow these step-by-step instructions. We have downloadable instructions for you to print, too.
Skill Level: Beginner
Time: 2-3 hours, not including drying time
Cost:  About $50
Tools and Materials

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Step 1

Use your painter’s tape to mask off baseboards and moulding on the wall that you will be painting. Also, lay a drop cloth to protect your floors.

DIY Chalkboard Paint Project for Your Wall: Taping off edges and moulding


Step 2

Prime the walls with primer. Allow it to dry for two to three hours before painting.

DIY Chalkboard Paint Project for Your Wall: Applying primer


Step 3

Once the primer has dried, it’s time to paint with the chalkboard paint. Two coats of chalkboard paint are recommended. Allow four hours for the first coat to dry before applying the second coat.

Before you can write on your chalkboard paint with chalk, allow it to cure for three days. Then remove the painter’s tape.

DIY Chalkboard Paint Project for Your Wall: Applying chalkboard paint


Step 4

For your stencil, you can make one, or use the one we have included in the downloadable instructions. (You’ll see the link at the end of these instructions.)

Print off your pattern on heavy paper and cut it out with a hobby knife. We suggest using poster board and printing out an 8.5-inch x 11-inch stencil. Attach your stencil to poster board with painter’s tape, and cut out the stencil with your hobby knife.

DIY Chalkboard Paint Project for Your Wall: Cutting the stencil


Step 5

Attach your stencil to the wall with painter’s tape and fill in the pattern with chalk ink markers.

DIY Chalkboard Paint Project for Your Wall: Using stencil to apply chalk pattern


Step 6

Step back and admire your unique chalk wall pattern.

DIY Chalkboard Paint Project for Your Wall: A beautiful dining room with chalkboard walls

 Download printable instructions for this DIY chalkboard paint project and get started!

And while you’re at it, take a look at more DIY projects here on The Home Depot blog.

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Christmas Decorating Ideas: Welcome Guests with Holiday Chalkboard Messages

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Christmas Decorating Ideas: Holiday Chalkboard Messages -- boutique la bohème

What’s the best way to effortlessly convey the holiday mood in your home? A chalkboard, of course! It’s one the cleverest Christmas decorating ideas we’ve seen lately. In our Holiday Style Challenge series, bloggers grabbed the chalk to express their holiday merriment! Whether you depict a faux tree, a dangling mistletoe, or a simple message of joy, here are a few ideas to get you started.

Above, Angela, of boutique la bohème, compliments her neutral mantle decorations with a Season’s Greetings chalkboard.

Christmas Decorating Ideas: Chalkboard-inspired print by Lianne Tokey

Who needs the real stuff when you can smooch your sweetie under a chalkboard mistletoe! Draw a fancy mistletoe on a gold framed chalkboard, as we see in the blue and gold living room of Carrie, the creative mind behind Dream Green DIY. (It was inspired by a print by by Lianne Tokey, available online at Goods That Give Back. What a clever idea!)


Christmas Decorating Ideas: Holiday Chalkboard Messages -- Monica Wants It

Don’t you love the way Monica, of Monica Wants It, used sharp lettering and ornament accents on her fancy framed chalkboard!

  

Christmas Decorating Ideas: Holiday Chalkboard Messages -- 4Men 1 Lady

Try hanging a giant DIY chalkboard just outside your front door like Michelle, of 4Men 1 Lady, did in our Holiday Style Challenge. This is a great way to welcome guests, especially if you have a covered front stoop!

 

Christmas Decorating Ideas: Holiday Chalkboard Messages -- Lakeitha Duncan

If you have some extra space on your front porch, take a hint from Lakeitha Duncan, and set up a cozy seating area to watch the neighborhood snowball fight. Don’t forget the festive chalkboard!

Christmas Decorating Ideas: Holiday Chalkboard Messages -- House of Earnest

If you’ve volunteered to host a party or a family get-together this year, designate the drink station with a fabulous ribbon chalkboard like Erin, of House of Earnest, did here.

 

Christmas Decorating Ideas: Holiday Chalkboard Messages -- A Storied Style

Grace, of A Storied Style, included these  black planters and evergreens in her family room decorations. Customized with chalk pen, you can decorate the planters any way you like!

 

Christmas Decorating Ideas: Holiday Chalkboard Messages -- Beneath my Heart

Traci, of Beneath my Heart, cozied up her Christmas tree reading nook with a modern chalkboard look in a neat, traditional shape.

What about you? Do you like the chalkboard look? Will you incorporate a chalkboard message into your holiday decor this year?

We have plenty more Christmas decorating ideas from some fabulously creative designers in our Holiday Style Challenge series. And for more Christmas decorating ideas, follow our Holiday Crafts, Ideas, and Inspiration board on Pinterest.

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DIY Chalkboard

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DIY Chalkboard

This DIY chalkboard is easy to make. There are a million uses for it, too. Write seasonal greetings, display the menu at a wedding reception, guide guests to your backyard when you’re having a cookout, write a family to-do list, or let the kids have fun drawing pictures on it!

For this project, we could use chalkboard paint to create the chalkboard surface. But instead we’re going to save a step by purchasing MDF boards that already have the chalkboard surface applied. Having chalkboard MDF for sale might be one of The Home Depot’s best kept secrets!

Materials:


Step 1

Cut the four boards to 4’6” lengths (four pieces) and 18 ¾” (four pieces). Sand any rough edges. Assemble each side face down, edges flushed, and fasten all four corners. Add four or more screws along each of four sides, evenly distributed.

DIY Chalkboard: drilling holes


Step 2

Once both sides are assembled, square both sides face down and fasten the hinges 4 inches from either corner.

DIY Chalkboard: Attaching the hinges


Step 3

Attach the cabinet pull to be a chalk holder. Drill holes for the cabinet pull and attach to the top board using the hardware provided.

DIY Chalkboard


Step 4

(Not shown)

Attach a piece of jack chain to connect the two boards to keep it from collapsing.

Take a look at more DIY projects here on The Home Depot blog. And follow our A Few of Our Favorite Things board on Pinterest for more great DIY project ideas.

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Christmas Decorations with a DIY Chalkboard and Farm Table

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A Christmas dessert table

Jessica Garvin admits to having an obsession with chalkboards. Naturally, she managed to include a chalkboard in her Christmas decorations.

Jessica writes about life, style and, yes, chalkboards on her blog Little Baby Garvin. She’s also one of the talented bloggers taking part in our Holiday Style Challenge series here on The Home Depot Blog. We sent Jessica a mystery box of Home Depot Christmas decorations for her to use in decorating for the holidays.

Jessica didn’t just style a lovely holiday dessert table… she built the table!  And there’s a chalkboard, of course, with a holiday message. She shows us how she created a chalkboard customized for the spot where she hangs it.

Decorating for the holidays is always a highlight of my year, and this year I was more than thrilled to be decorating an outdoor space with mystery boxes from The Home Depot. I would call my style Modern Farmhouse. I like a collection of vintage things but arranged in a very clean, simplistic way.

A Christmas dessert table

With an empty stone patio, we decided to take on a major DIY project and build a farmhouse table. We picked out some beautiful cedar from The Home Depot lumber department– the more knots and character, the better. We chose to make our table six feet long to best fit our space.

To keep with the modern style, we used a router to inset the legs and the plank across the bottom. We stained all of the wood, framed it out and then built a planked top to give it a more rustic look.

We chose some metal garden chairs from Home Decorators Collection to accent the table. I love the contrast between the light and dark!

A Christmas dessert table

A Christmas dessert table

Christmas wreaths from Martha Stewart Living's Frosted Traditions Collection
Christmas ornaments from Martha Stewart Living's Frosted Traditions Collection

One of the best things about the holidays are all of the sweets, so we decided to put together a little hot chocolate bar. On the tabletop, I used my old jadeite cake stands that complimented the colors in the retro inspired ornament wreaths that were hung on the pathway.

Potted artificial Christmas trees line a patio
Potted artificial Christmas trees line a patio

Along the back side of the patio, we used 4 ft. pre-lit potted Christmas trees to build a wall to help make the space more defined and extra cozy. A few sprigs of greenery and a small garland are the perfect way to bring it all together.


DIY CHALKBOARD PROJECT

Inside our screened in porch, it was empty aside from the patio furniture that we already had. With a big blank wall, what better than to add an oversized chalkboard?! An outdoor chalkboard is both fun and functional– add festive greetings for guests, or let toddlers to get messy with chalk, no cleanup required!

We wanted to build this chalkboard ourselves to best fit the space and we love the way it turned out! A dark stain gives it a more vintage look and also compliments the dark stain on the table. We also dressed it up with a beautiful 9 ft. prelit garland, I love the way the lights look against the dark wood and chalkboard paint.

A DIY chalkboard with a holiday message

Materials Needed

How to Make the Chalkboard

The first step is to begin painting the plywood with chalkboard paint, letting it dry well in-between each coat. After each coat, change the roller, this will help keep the surface level and smooth. With the plywood, one side is already usually smoother than the other, so be sure to choose that one for painting.

For the trim boards, rather than making the frame the exact same size as the plywood, we wanted to allow for a ¼ in. overhang around the entire thing. This will help hide the edges of the plywood and allow for a little room for error. The dimensions for our chalkboard warranted two cuts at 72 and ¼ inches and two more at 43 and ¼ inches. The 5-in. variance allows you to frame out the chalkboard by placing the shorter trim boards inside the longer trim boards. Once the boards are cut, stain each side with a clean rag.

Once all the paint and stain is dry, it’s time for assembly. Place the chalkboard on it’s back and lay the trim boards in place. You can clamp the boards down to ensure they don’t move after getting them lined up correctly. The two most important parts of this step are 1) making sure the trim boards cover the edges of the chalkboard, and 2) keeping the boards straight on the chalkboard. When measured diagonally, the measurements should be pretty close.

Pre-drill and screw the long boards into the short boards from the side, I used two screws at each corner. If possible, keep the chalkboard clamped to the frame and flip the entire chalkboard and frame onto its face. If you don’t have clamps, no big deal. Just center the chalkboard on the frame, making sure the chalkboard doesn’t overhang anywhere. Now use 1-in. screws to fasten the chalkboard to the frame. I used one screw every foot all the way around the chalkboard.

Now your chalkboard is finished and you can hang it however suits your space.

TIP: Don’t forget, before you draw on your freshly painted chalkboard, you must season it first by running a piece of chalk on its side all along the entire board, then erasing it. This will allow for easy erasing in the future as you make masterpieces!

Thank you again so much for including me in the Home Depot Style Challenge, we had such a fun time with it and will be enjoying our farmhouse table for every single holiday from now on!

Jessica Garvin writes about life with her husband and two small children (and about chalkboards) on her blog Little Baby Garvin.

We have  more ideas for Christmas decorations here on The Home Depot Blog in our Holiday Style Challenge series. Follow our Holiday Style Challenge board on Pinterest, too.

Visit The Home Depot’s online Holiday Decorations Department for everything you need to decorate for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

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Christmas Decorating Ideas for a Cozy Kitchen Nook

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Christmas Decorating Ideas for a Cozy Kitchen Nook

It’s always instructive to see how talented interior decorators style their own homes. This is especially true when you’re looking for Christmas decorating ideas. That’s why we’re so pleased Andrea Crawford, of Couture House Interiors, is letting us in on how she decorated a small nook in her gorgeous kitchen for the holidays.

We gave her a little help to get her started with the holiday decorating by sending her a mystery box of Home Depot Christmas decorations– part of our Holiday Style Challenge series here on The Home Depot Blog.

We love her cozy little kitchen nook and how festive Andrea made it and her holiday tablescape. Read on to learn about how she put it together.

I decorate for my clients all year round, but there is nothing more exciting than decorating my own home for Christmas. Needless to say, I was over the moon when these pretty little Home Depot boxes showed up at my door for the Holiday Style Challenge! I could hardly wait to see what was inside!

sUGAr inspects mystery boxes of Christmas decorations from The Home Depot

Before I even opened the boxes, I knew I wanted to deck out our favorite room in the house with my new Christmas digs from Home Depot. My fiancé Brad loves to cook, so naturally our kitchen is the heart of our home. Yes, that’s right ladies… I’ve got a keeper for sure! In addition to the time we spend in our kitchen day to day, it always seems to be the gathering place for our guests when we entertain so it must be “well dressed” for holiday festivities!

Christmas Decorating Ideas for a Cozy Kitchen Nook

Christmas Decorating Ideas for a Cozy Kitchen Nook Real greenery to add to artificial Christmas garland

Real greenery to add to artificial Christmas garland

I wanted to give some special attention to this little nook in particular. I start every day in this spot, sipping my coffee as I check my email. I’m a traditionalist at heart, but I love to showcase my style by adding an unexpected twist here and there. This was a “challenge” after all and I really wanted to get outside of my traditional “Christmas box”, soooo the shining focal point in our kitchen this Christmas is a 7½ ft. pre-lit bronze tinsel Christmas tree (no longer available).

I always add multiple layers of detail in any area I decorate to create interest! Using the bronze tinsel tree as a base, I layered on a fresh garland. Now it smells like Christmas too! A light mist of water every few days will keep it looking fresh through the holiday season. Check out my blog for a full tutorial on how to make your own fresh garland using an artificial wired garland as a base. It’s my go-to holiday DIY, and it’s as easy as 1,2,3!

After wrapping the tree with garland I filled in the gold tinsel sections with some fabulous gold ornaments from the the Martha Stewart Living Snowberry Collection to create a striped effect. A glass owl from the fall decor collection nestled into fresh greenery topped off the tree perfectly!

A moss and succulent wreath

This petite moss wreath and succulents from The Home Depot garden center paired with a few ornaments adds just enough interest to the windows!

sUGA samples some Christmas cookies

sUGAr the dog poses in front of a holiday greeting written on chalkboard cabinet doors

On the opposite side of the kitchen… you guessed it folks, MORE GARLAND! I also added a wood curl wreath from The Home Decorators Collection. A 4 ft. Pre-Lit Potted Artificial Tree with Clear Lights and chalkboard art carry the Christmas cheer all the way into our laundry room. Oh, and that is my sweet girl sUGAr… eating the Christmas cookies of course!

A red wood curl wreath spray painted with gold paint

The bright red wreath was a bit bold for my space so I gave it a light mist with my favorite Rust-Oleum Metallic Gold spray paint, which toned it down just enough.

Christmas Decorating Ideas for Holiday Tablescape

Our dining room is an extension of our kitchen, and we use the table a lot for both eating and serving, especially during the holidays. Since we use this area so often, I needed to stay flexible with my tablescape. I found these precious moss deer online (no longer available) at The Home Depot and fell in love! I placed my table top decor on a large tray so that it could be easily moved to the center of the table for a diner party, or cleared from the table completely if necessary. I love to bring the tablescape to life by adding in clippings of fresh greenery. I also added some pretty red ornaments as a contrast.

Adding color to a flameless candle with a gold Sharpie

Add instant style to The Home Depots flameless pillar candles with a Sharpie paint pen! I kept it simple… using a gold pen, I drew a series of loose lines going up my candles. The possibilities here are endless!

Christmas Decorating Ideas for a Cozy Kitchen Nook

Thanks to the Home Depot for helping us make our favorite space Merry & Bright. We love the way it all came together and we can’t wait to enjoy it with our family and friends as we celebrate this Holiday Season!

Photography by Robin Gatti

Andrea Crawford  is an interior designer who writes about style and design on her blog Couture House Interiors. She lives in Macon, Georgia.

The mystery box of Home Depot Christmas decorations Andrea received included these items:

We have more holiday decor ideas here on The Home Depot Blog in our Holiday Style Challenge series. Follow our Holiday Style Challenge pinboard on Pinterest, too.

Visit The Home Depot’s online Holiday Decorations Department for everything you need to decorate for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

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French Inspired Courtyard Design Ideas

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French Inspired Courtyard Design Ideas

It’s hard to imagine a more lovely spot for relaxing outdoors than a French courtyard. That’s exactly what inspired these courtyard design ideas by Destiny Alfonso of the home and lifestyle blog Just Destiny Mag.

Destiny untook her courtyard makeover as part of our ongoing Patio Style Challenge series here on The Home Depot Blog. We sent her a new patio set to spark her outdoor decor ideas, and Destiny took it from there.

We love how Destiny mixed materials, textures and colors… and even considered what her French courtyard should sound like. She ended up with a small courtyard that’s comfortable, attractive and full of European charm.

Courtyard Design

This is my first patio challenge so I hope you enjoy this French Inspired Courtyard Makeover!

Before beginning this makeover I scoured books, magazines and of course Pinterest looking for the perfect French courtyard design ideas. With influences from both Italy and Britain, the French courtyard is the perfect merge of both styles. Greens and whites are the colors most associated with the style, most well-known colors, plus purples and even blues if you’re wanting to add color. I imagined a place full of boxwoods, garden beds and the wonderful scent of lavender.

A courtyard before it received a makeover

Above, you see our patio before the makeover. So much potential, but lacking style and functionality.

I focused on four design elements to make my French-inspired courtyard come to life: stone, a focal point, plants and herbs, and quality outdoor seating.


Stone

Stone is also one of those must have elements when it comes to the French courtyard design style. My pony wall is already stuccoed in a nice neutral color, so we decided to really up the ante in our courtyard by installing stone pavers. You can find similar ones in the garden section at your local Home Depot store.

What I loved is that you can really customize pavers anyway you want. You can build walls, garden beds, edging and even fire pits! All great ideas for future projects! We also made sure that our guy installed a place to hook up a small fountain!

A two-tier courtyard fountain

Paving stones in a beautiful French-inspired courtyard


The Focal Point

I knew I wanted to make a focal point in the courtyard design. We initially wanted to put a fire pit in the middle for neighborhood bonfires, but when it came down to it I really wanted this place to be something we could use all year around.

A fountain was the PERFECT choice for this space. The Home Depot has a great selection of fountains. We chose this Hampton Bay two-tier fountain. The gray stone-like fountain was the perfect height for our space.

There’s nothing like hearing the tranquil sound of a fountain running. Each morning I open up the front door and let the sounds come right in the house. With the birds chirping in the trees above, it sounds so AMAZING!

A courtyard fountain surrounded by flowers

A fountain provides a focal point for a lovely courtyard

French Inspired Courtyard Design Ideas

A courtyard fountain adds the sound of splashing water to the environment


Plants and Herb Garden

Around the courtyard I placed cast stone garden stools and a variety of plants to fill the space and make it a little more cozy. Plants like the ones below are great for shaded areas and also have a beautiful vine to them. Instead of traditional planters, I mixed it up with galvanized buckets!

Another feature we made sure to add to the courtyard was a drip system. This makes watering plants VERY easy. The ones that are not attached to a dip require water once a week, and that’s something that I can manage!

A plant in a galvanized bucket sits on top of a cast stone garden bench

A cast stone garden stool with a plant

A faux boxwoods sits in a copper planter next to a small gate

Like I mentioned before I wanted to add some boxwood plants to this space. But since my thumb isn’t very green I opted to get some faux boxwood plants for now. These boxwoods sit in a copper planter next to our small gate. I also used some classic urn style planters coupled with faux cedar plants to use in the courtyard design.

Lavender and rosemary surrounds a courtyard fountain

A courtyard fountain surrounded by lavender and rosemary plants

Around the fountain I planted some beautiful lavender and rosemary plants in different sized pots to give this focal point even more visual interest. The smell is amazing! Plus with the courtyard getting about 6-7 hours of indirect sun a day, I think they will do really well!

A thrifted table with a faux fig, rosemary topiary and one fresh floral stem

Succulents and fresh fruit decorate a table in a beautifully decorated courtyard

 Schefflera

On this thrifted table I placed a faux fig, rosemary topiary and one fresh floral stem. I love using a mixture of both live and faux. It really works for me and keeps things low maintenance.

Hanging herb planters

Hanging herb plant

Hanging herb planter

On the east side for the covered patio I hung these pretty planters from the ceiling. I wanted the herbs to get a good amount of sun, but not burn out during our harsh summers. So I put them in a spot where the sun gets them just enough. All I did was install some hooks to the ceiling and added the ribbon to the planters. You can find pre-hung herbs in the garden section at The Home Depot!

Hanging herb planters

I have mint, oregano, basil and others! I can’t wait to use my first clippings. I love that the herbs are next to the water hose, too. This way it’s easier to water them!

Hampton Bay Spring Haven Patio Set on a French-inspired small courtyard

Hampton Bay Spring Haven Patio Coffee Table with fresh fruit

Spring Haven Patio Lounge Chair on a beautifully decorated patio

Hampton Bay Spring Haven Patio Sofa on a beautifully decorated patio


Entertaining and Seating

Our courtyard is connected to our covered front porch so it makes for ample space to entertain! I love that it acts as another extension of our home. Plus it’s in the front of the yard so we can watch the children play and people-watch when the weather is nice.

For this French courtyard design, I chose the Hampton Bay Spring Haven Patio Set. What I loved about this particular set was the deep cushion and the options for a full sofa and love seat. I also appreciated that it’s a part of the Create Your Own Collection line that includes 16 frames with 15 color options. I chose the gray cushions, and I couldn’t be happier.I chose to get the love seat, along with a couple of matching chairs, a coffee table, and a side table 

French Inspired Courtyard Design Ideas

Next to the door I made this DIY extra large chalkboard to write messages to our friends as they enter our home. It’s a big upgrade from the one I had before.

I’m so happy with the space I created for my family and me. It’s the first thing you see before you come into the house and hopefully it feels just as welcoming as I’ve tried to make the inside of our home!

Read Destiny Alfonso’s DIY, decorating and entertaining ideas on her blog Just Destiny. She lives with her husband and three children in Phoenix, Arizona.

For more courtyard design ideas, see other Patio Style Challenge articles as well as our Patio Style Challenge pinboard on Pinterest.

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Chalkboard Paint Project: Party Tray with a Message

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Chalkboard Paint Project: Party Tray with a Messag

Here’s a fun chalkboard paint project. This chalkboard party tray is a fun way to serve snacks at a party, barbecue or any type of gathering. Write a party greeting to your guests on this chalkboard party tray, label what’s being served, or draw a holiday doodle on it.

It’s an easy DIY project that requires only a few materials and tools. Make your party tray as large or small as you like.

Just follow our simple step-by-step tutorial to make your own chalkboard party tray.

Chalkboard Paint Project Instructions

Materials needed for chalkboard party tray project

Materials


Step 1

Set up a work space in a well ventilated area (such as a garage). As with any project involving paint or stain, start by setting up a drop cloth.

Spreading out a drop cloth in preparation for a chalkboard paint project


Step 2

Next, grab the wooden board of your choice as well as your sand paper.

Sand the entire surface lightly, progressing from 120-grit, to 180-grit, finishing with 220-grit sandpaper.

Always sand in the direction of the grain.

Sanding wood in a chalkboard paint project


Step 3

Remove sanding dust by lightly wiping the surface with a clean towel or even an old-t-shirt.

Wiping down a piece of wood in a project to make a chalkboard serving tray


Step 4

Wipe one coat of Varathane Wood Stain all over the board with a lint-free rag. Wait about three minutes and wipe excess stain away with a clean rag. Allow the stain to dry for one hour.

Applying stain to wood in a chalkboard paint project


Step 5

Apply one coat of Varathane Polyurethane over the entire surface and allow it to dry for two hours.

Painting a chalkboard party tray project


Step 6

Tape off the edges with painter’s tape.

The inside of the area you choose is where you want to fill with Chalkboard Paint. The outside area is meant to be left unpainted and showcases the wood stain you’ve chosen.

Using painter's tape to mark off an area of a chalkboard party tray DIY project


Step 7

Brush on one coat of Rust-Oleum Chalkboard Paint. Wait one hour and apply a second coat. Repeat that process with a third coat.

Painting chalkboard paint to create a chalkboard party tray


Step 8

Allow the paint to dry for at least four  hours before adding handles (securing with glue or hardware). Then, allow the paint to dry for three days.

Adding cabinet hardware to DIY chalkboard party tray project


Step 9

Once the paint is dry, condition the chalkboard surface by rubbing the side of a piece of chalk over the entire chalkboard area and then erasing the chalk.

Rubbing chalk onto a surface painting with chalkboard paint


Your chalkboard party tray is finished!

Chalkboard Paint Project: Party Tray with a Message

Check out more simple DIY projects here on The Home Depot Blog, and follow our Easy DIY Projects board on Pinterest for more easy project ideas and tutorials.

Browse The Home Depot’s online Paint Department for spray paintcraft paint, chalkboard paint and anything else you need for your next paint project.

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Home Depot Kids Workshop: Chalkboard Door Hanger

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Home Depot Kids Workshop: Chalkboard Door Hanger

All Things Thrifty blogger Brooke Ulrich and her children got to preview one of the Home Depot Kids Workshop projects– the Chalkboard Door Hanger. This is a featured project for the our 2015 Kids Workshops and is typical of the kinds of projects the kids do at these monthly free workshops. Get more information about the free workshops at the end of this article.

Home Depot Kids Workshop Project

My kids love projects. I’m lucky they do because nine times out of ten, I’m painting something in the garage myself. They love to be by my side, and I love that we have that in common. The kids often find scrap pieces of wood and go to town painting, sanding, and creating.

Home Depot Kids Workshop: Chalkboard Door Hanger

When I told them we were going to make a fun craft together, we couldn’t get ready fast enough. No, really, they started fighting over the supplies. Cue Mom counting to ten to keep her patience. In their defense, I knew it was out of pure anticipation!

Home Depot Kids Workshop: Chalkboard Door Hanger

Home Depot Kids Workshop: Chalkboard Door Hanger

Home Depot Kids Workshop: Chalkboard Door Hanger

Home Depot Kids Workshop: Chalkboard Door Hanger

We gathered a hammer, some 220 grit sandpaper, and acrylic paint and paint brushes, and when we finally had our ducks in a row, the kids did great and built the chalkboard door hanger almost entirely on their own. The older two kids hammered the sides together (with a little help from me), and the two youngsters sanded the wood and helped with the painting. They easily added the eye hooks and string too.

Home Depot Kids Workshop: Chalkboard Door Hanger

Home Depot Kids Workshop: Chalkboard Door Hanger

Home Depot Kids Workshop: Chalkboard Door Hanger

After the main portion of the craft was complete, they decided to embellish the chalkboard with Sharpie paint pens. They doodled their masterpieces with pencil first, and then traced them with the paint pens. The girls choose flowery swirls, and the boys chose a skull and crossbones.

Home Depot Kids Workshop: Chalkboard Door Hanger

Home Depot Kids Workshop: Chalkboard Door Hanger

Since the girls share a room and the boys share a room, one door hanger for each pair was perfect. In fact, the girls immediately wrote “No pants, no shirt, no service,” on their hanger because apparently the boys try to come in their room without one or the other and they dislike that. The boys wrote, “No girls allowed,” naturally.

Home Depot Kids Workshop: Chalkboard Door Hanger

Home Depot Kids Workshop: Chalkboard Door Hanger

It was a definite success. The kids had fun making the crafts, and I know your kids will love it too. In fact, unbeknownst to me, our girls shoved theirs into their suitcase when we travelled to Grandma’s house because they wanted to show it off.

The Home Depot’s Kids Workshops are FREE and are held on the first Saturday of every month at every Home Depot store. They start at 9:00 am  and last until about noon. The workshops are great for 5- to 12-year-olds. If your little builder is under 5, you’ll need to provide a little more supervision, but all ages are welcomed.

Go to Home Depot Kids Workshops page online to save a place for your child. You can also get more information, including a description of what project is coming up each month.

Can’t get to the workshop? Many of the projects we do in the Kids Workshops are available in our online Woodshop Projects Department.

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DIY Chalkboard Wreath for Christmas and Beyond

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DIY Chalkboard Wreath for Christmas

One of the great things about this DIY chalkboard wreath is that you can use it to celebrate any holiday or occasion you want. Here you see it with a Christmas message. Just erase the chalk message and add new greenery in February, and it becomes a Valentine’s Day decoration.

Ashleigh and Stephanie of the style and DIY blog Beckham + Belle created the DIY chalkboard wreath for the Holiday Style Challenge series here on The Home Depot Blog. We sent them a few Home Depot Christmas decorations, and the assignment to create a wreath of some sort, and Ashleigh and Stephanie got to work.

They show exactly how they made the chalkboard wreath, and then we see how great it looks in a holiday party they styled around it.

When Ashleigh and I first received our assignment of a DIY wreath, I giggled to myself… I started making my first wreath over four years ago… I never finished it, and to this day, my husband still teases me about it. It’s boxed up in our basement, still half-done. So, given the challenge to make a wreath, I knew Ashleigh and I had to come up with something unique, and we had to do it well, so I could make up for the lost cause resting in peace in my basement.

One of my favorite picture frames in my home is is a frame bordered with chalkboard. This little frame inspired the idea for our wreath… a DIY chalkboard wreath! Who doesn’t love a chalkboard?!

Of course this is a Holiday Challenge, but part of the beauty of a chalkboard wreath is that it’s adaptable, and could be used year-round for any holiday. We still wanted our wreath to feel like Christmas, so we made a detachable, somewhat “traditional” Christmas garland to wrap around our chalkboard frame and finished it up with of course, a big, festive bow.

DIY Chalkboard Wreath for Christmas

It took us a little trial and error to figure out how to make the perfect wooden circles needed to make our vision come to life. And by vision I mean this unimpressive hand sketch you see below that I texted to Ashleigh as we were brainstorming with hundreds of miles between us.

Sketch for DIY Chalkboard Wreath

I’m definitely no power tool wizard, and Ashleigh’s only a little bit more experienced, but we figured it out together, and we were so happy with our final cuts. Don’t be intimidated by cutting wooden circles or rings – we took care of the trial and error for you, so making this wreath should be a breeze! And if you frequent our blog, you know that Ashleigh and I are both time and cost conscious with our DIYs, because who doesn’t need more time and money?!

We chose to do our challenge at Ashleigh’s home in Charlotte (better chance of good weather than here in Ohio!). As soon as I flew in, we took stock of what was inside the mystery box of items The Home Depot sent us. Then we headed to the nearest Home Depot store to gather our supplies.

How to Make a DIY Chalkboard Wreath

For the base material of our wreath we opted for a pre-made 2 x 4 black chalkboard, which was a pleasant discovery in The Home Depot’s plywood aisle. Ashleigh and I are both fans of chalkboard paint and use it on the regular. But knowing we were going be investing some time in circle cutting trial and error, we liked the idea of cutting out a couple of steps with the pre-made chalkboard.

A sheet of plywood and chalkboard paint would of course do the trick just the same, but will require a little extra time for a couple coats of paint. For the “frame” of the chalkboard, or the wooden rings, we purchased a 4 x 8 sheet of birch plywood and Minwax Dark Walnut Stain.

There was no question that our holiday wreath needed some greenery, so we evaluated a couple different options. We both love boxwood wreaths, but those are pricey, even if you DIY them. Ashleigh had several Ligustrum plants in the gardens around her house. They plants are larger than a boxwood, but they have similarly waxy leaves. The branches are long and full, too, making them ideal for garland making. So we picked up a beautiful Ligustrum plant at The Home Depot, harvested some of the branches, and then planted it in the garden! Win, win.

We gathered up the balance of our supplies and started to tackle our cuts!

Our complete shopping list for our wreath is listed below (all available for purchase at your Home Depot store, or online, of course!).

Materials for the DIY Chalkboard Wreath

Tools

Tip: You can rent power tools, including jig saws and drills and a lot of other stuff, from The Home Depot’s tool and truck rental desk. It’s an inexpensive option if you don’t have a particular tool on hand. The Home Depot associate will show you how to use the tool, too!

Step 1 — Cut the Chalkboard into a Ring

Cutting a ring for a DIY chalkboard wreath project

We started off by tackling the chalkboard piece. We traced an outer circle approximately 24 in. in diameter.

Cutting the Ring with a Jig Saw

Using a jig saw (my first time!), we carefully cut out the circle. It’s not absolutely necessary to have a perfect cut since the edges will be covered with the wooden trim.

Using a bowl to mark a circle to cut for a DIY chalkboard wreath project

Next we traced an inner circle approximately 9 in. in diameter (we got very technical here and used a glass bowl).

Pilot hole for a jig saw cut

To give us a little wiggle room with the jig saw, we first drilled a hole in the center of our circle. Then, again, cut the traced line with the jig saw.

We wanted to ensure we had very clean cuts on our wooden rings that would act as trim to our chalkboard.

Cutting the Rings with a Router

Our jig saw cuts were good, but not perfect, and again, we needed to strive for perfection. So in an effort to create smooth, “pretty” wooden rings, we did a couple trials of circle cutting using a router and a makeshift jig. The basic idea is to create a piece that is the length of the radius of your circle, affix one end to the center of your circle, and the other end to your router. Rotating the router around that point creates a circle.

Using a router to cut a circle in plywood

Once we figured it out though, it was so easy and made beautiful cuts! There are lots of videos and tutorials out there on how to utilize a router to cut circles. If you plan to use a router, we recommend watching a couple of videos to get a good feel as to how to execute. (Ashleigh and I are both visual people!).

We cut out a long piece of wood with holes marking different measurements from the router bit (we used a spiral bit). These measurements will be the radius of your circle (half of the diameter/width of the circle). We drilled a hole into the 12½ in. mark that we made to cut a circle that would be slightly wider that our chalkboard circle (25 in. in diameter). With the router attached to the other end of the wooden piece, this will now pivot around the screw.

Cutting a circle in plywood with a router

Once the outer circle was cut, we moved the screw to a 10½ in. mark (screwing into the same hole in the board you are cutting). This will result in a wooden ring that is approximately 25 in. in diameter and 2 in. thick.

We repeated the same to create the inner trim, this time using a 4¼ in. mark and a 5¾ in. mark (11½ in. diameter ring, slightly thinner at 1½ in. thick).

DIY Chalkboard Wreath Under Construction

Your completed pieces will look something like what you see in the above photo. (Ignore white ring in background … more on that later!)

Step 2 — Sand and Stain the Rings

Next, we sanded the edges of the wooden cuts to ensure they were smooth.

Staining a wooden ring used in a DIY chalkboard wreath project

Using a clean rag, we stained the wooden rings with two coats of Minwax, Dark Walnut.

Clamping a wooden ring to a round chalkboard to create a DIY chalkboard wreath

Step 3 — Glue the Trim to the Chalkboard

Once the wood thoroughly dried, we used Liquid Nails to glue the trim to the chalkboard. Make sure to clamp the wood and chalkboard together while drying.

Step 4 — Make the Garland

While our glue dried, we made our live garland. We received a wreath form in our mystery box from The Home Depot. The form is the white ring in the photo above of the wood circles. It’s actually polyurethane trim that’s supposed to go around a round window. Clever repurposing, eh?

We spraypainted this black (so that the white wouldn’t show through) and, once dry, used this to support the garland. We cut branches off of the Ligustrum and attached them together into a long garland strand (the length of the circumference of the wreath), using floral wire.

Ligustrum bush used to create natural Christmas garland

We then wrapped the strand into a circle, securing them onto the wreath base using green floral wire. We used the Martha Stewart Plaid Ribbon provided in our mystery box to tie a big bow at the bottom of our wreath, again securing with the floral wire.

Setting a hand-made garland around a DIY chalkboard wreath

Instead of permanently securing the chalkboard to the garland wrapped wreath base, we attached it using Velcro. This allows the chalkboard wreath to be utilized for any season. Clever, right?!

Step 5 — Chalk in Your Holiday Message

Writing a holiday message on a DIY chalkboard wreath

After chalking “Merry Christmas” and setting the chalkboard into the garland base, our wreath was complete!

An Outdoor Holiday Party

With that mission accomplished, we set about decorating our outdoor space with our new wreath and some of the other fun stuff provided in the mystery box!

An Outdoor Holiday Party

Cocoa stand at an outdoor Christmas party

Chalkboard sign hangs over a hot cocoa table at an outdoor Christmas party

Chalkboard lables on goodie jars

An Outdoor Holiday Party

An Outdoor Holiday Party

An Outdoor Holiday Party
When the sun set, it got extra festive with the AppLights Icicle String Lights from our mystery box, which we could control with our iPhones.

These are amazing! So many different color options!!

An Outdoor Holiday Party

An Outdoor Holiday Party

Happy Holidays!

Ashleigh lives outside of Charlotte, North Carolina with her husband and two children, Mara and Ryan. Ashleigh writes about DIY projects, food, and kids at Beckham + Belle. Ashleigh spends her days consulting for the healthcare industry and renovating older homes. Along with her blog partner, Stephanie, Ashleigh enjoys creating unique home decor items for Beckham + Belle’s Etsy shop.

Stephanie lives in Columbus, Ohio with her husband Joe and three children Beckham, Greyson, and McLaren. When she’s not working at her full-time job as a buyer, you can find Stephanie blogging at Beckham + Belle. On the blog, Stephanie shares her favorite recipes and DIYs that are primarily focused on home decor and projects for the little ones.

Follow our Holiday Style Challenge board on Pinterest, for more Christmas decorating ideas, and follow our Wreaths for Any Occasion board for more DIY wreath ideas.

The Home Depot has everything you need to decorate for Christmas in our Holiday Decorations Department.

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DIY Chalkboard Wreath for Christmas and Beyond

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DIY Chalkboard Wreath for Christmas

One of the great things about this DIY chalkboard wreath is that you can use it to celebrate any holiday or occasion you want. Here you see it with a Christmas message. Just erase the chalk message and add new greenery in February, and it becomes a Valentine’s Day decoration.

Ashleigh and Stephanie of the style and DIY blog Beckham + Belle created the DIY chalkboard wreath for the Holiday Style Challenge series here on The Home Depot Blog. We sent them a few Home Depot Christmas decorations, and the assignment to create a wreath of some sort, and Ashleigh and Stephanie got to work.

They show exactly how they made the chalkboard wreath, and then we see how great it looks in a holiday party they styled around it.

When Ashleigh and I first received our assignment of a DIY wreath, I giggled to myself… I started making my first wreath over four years ago… I never finished it, and to this day, my husband still teases me about it. It’s boxed up in our basement, still half-done. So, given the challenge to make a wreath, I knew Ashleigh and I had to come up with something unique, and we had to do it well, so I could make up for the lost cause resting in peace in my basement.

One of my favorite picture frames in my home is is a frame bordered with chalkboard. This little frame inspired the idea for our wreath… a DIY chalkboard wreath! Who doesn’t love a chalkboard?!

Of course this is a Holiday Challenge, but part of the beauty of a chalkboard wreath is that it’s adaptable, and could be used year-round for any holiday. We still wanted our wreath to feel like Christmas, so we made a detachable, somewhat “traditional” Christmas garland to wrap around our chalkboard frame and finished it up with of course, a big, festive bow.

DIY Chalkboard Wreath for Christmas

It took us a little trial and error to figure out how to make the perfect wooden circles needed to make our vision come to life. And by vision I mean this unimpressive hand sketch you see below that I texted to Ashleigh as we were brainstorming with hundreds of miles between us.

Sketch for DIY Chalkboard Wreath

I’m definitely no power tool wizard, and Ashleigh’s only a little bit more experienced, but we figured it out together, and we were so happy with our final cuts. Don’t be intimidated by cutting wooden circles or rings – we took care of the trial and error for you, so making this wreath should be a breeze! And if you frequent our blog, you know that Ashleigh and I are both time and cost conscious with our DIYs, because who doesn’t need more time and money?!

We chose to do our challenge at Ashleigh’s home in Charlotte (better chance of good weather than here in Ohio!). As soon as I flew in, we took stock of what was inside the mystery box of items The Home Depot sent us. Then we headed to the nearest Home Depot store to gather our supplies.

How to Make a DIY Chalkboard Wreath

For the base material of our wreath we opted for a pre-made 2 x 4 black chalkboard, which was a pleasant discovery in The Home Depot’s plywood aisle. Ashleigh and I are both fans of chalkboard paint and use it on the regular. But knowing we were going be investing some time in circle cutting trial and error, we liked the idea of cutting out a couple of steps with the pre-made chalkboard.

A sheet of plywood and chalkboard paint would of course do the trick just the same, but will require a little extra time for a couple coats of paint. For the “frame” of the chalkboard, or the wooden rings, we purchased a 4 x 8 sheet of birch plywood and Minwax Dark Walnut Stain.

There was no question that our holiday wreath needed some greenery, so we evaluated a couple different options. We both love boxwood wreaths, but those are pricey, even if you DIY them. Ashleigh had several Ligustrum plants in the gardens around her house. They plants are larger than a boxwood, but they have similarly waxy leaves. The branches are long and full, too, making them ideal for garland making. So we picked up a beautiful Ligustrum plant at The Home Depot, harvested some of the branches, and then planted it in the garden! Win, win.

We gathered up the balance of our supplies and started to tackle our cuts!

Our complete shopping list for our wreath is listed below (all available for purchase at your Home Depot store, or online, of course!).

Materials for the DIY Chalkboard Wreath

Tools

Tip: You can rent power tools, including jig saws and drills and a lot of other stuff, from The Home Depot’s tool and truck rental desk. It’s an inexpensive option if you don’t have a particular tool on hand. The Home Depot associate will show you how to use the tool, too!

Step 1 — Cut the Chalkboard into a Ring

Cutting a ring for a DIY chalkboard wreath project

We started off by tackling the chalkboard piece. We traced an outer circle approximately 24 in. in diameter.

Cutting the Ring with a Jig Saw

Using a jig saw (my first time!), we carefully cut out the circle. It’s not absolutely necessary to have a perfect cut since the edges will be covered with the wooden trim.

Using a bowl to mark a circle to cut for a DIY chalkboard wreath project

Next we traced an inner circle approximately 9 in. in diameter (we got very technical here and used a glass bowl).

Pilot hole for a jig saw cut

To give us a little wiggle room with the jig saw, we first drilled a hole in the center of our circle. Then, again, cut the traced line with the jig saw.

We wanted to ensure we had very clean cuts on our wooden rings that would act as trim to our chalkboard.

Cutting the Rings with a Router

Our jig saw cuts were good, but not perfect, and again, we needed to strive for perfection. So in an effort to create smooth, “pretty” wooden rings, we did a couple trials of circle cutting using a router and a makeshift jig. The basic idea is to create a piece that is the length of the radius of your circle, affix one end to the center of your circle, and the other end to your router. Rotating the router around that point creates a circle.

Using a router to cut a circle in plywood

Once we figured it out though, it was so easy and made beautiful cuts! There are lots of videos and tutorials out there on how to utilize a router to cut circles. If you plan to use a router, we recommend watching a couple of videos to get a good feel as to how to execute. (Ashleigh and I are both visual people!).

We cut out a long piece of wood with holes marking different measurements from the router bit (we used a spiral bit). These measurements will be the radius of your circle (half of the diameter/width of the circle). We drilled a hole into the 12½ in. mark that we made to cut a circle that would be slightly wider that our chalkboard circle (25 in. in diameter). With the router attached to the other end of the wooden piece, this will now pivot around the screw.

Cutting a circle in plywood with a router

Once the outer circle was cut, we moved the screw to a 10½ in. mark (screwing into the same hole in the board you are cutting). This will result in a wooden ring that is approximately 25 in. in diameter and 2 in. thick.

We repeated the same to create the inner trim, this time using a 4¼ in. mark and a 5¾ in. mark (11½ in. diameter ring, slightly thinner at 1½ in. thick).

DIY Chalkboard Wreath Under Construction

Your completed pieces will look something like what you see in the above photo. (Ignore white ring in background … more on that later!)

Step 2 — Sand and Stain the Rings

Next, we sanded the edges of the wooden cuts to ensure they were smooth.

Staining a wooden ring used in a DIY chalkboard wreath project

Using a clean rag, we stained the wooden rings with two coats of Minwax, Dark Walnut.

Clamping a wooden ring to a round chalkboard to create a DIY chalkboard wreath

Step 3 — Glue the Trim to the Chalkboard

Once the wood thoroughly dried, we used Liquid Nails to glue the trim to the chalkboard. Make sure to clamp the wood and chalkboard together while drying.

Step 4 — Make the Garland

While our glue dried, we made our live garland. We received a wreath form in our mystery box from The Home Depot. The form is the white ring in the photo above of the wood circles. It’s actually polyurethane trim that’s supposed to go around a round window. Clever repurposing, eh?

We spraypainted this black (so that the white wouldn’t show through) and, once dry, used this to support the garland. We cut branches off of the Ligustrum and attached them together into a long garland strand (the length of the circumference of the wreath), using floral wire.

Ligustrum bush used to create natural Christmas garland

We then wrapped the strand into a circle, securing them onto the wreath base using green floral wire. We used the Martha Stewart Plaid Ribbon provided in our mystery box to tie a big bow at the bottom of our wreath, again securing with the floral wire.

Setting a hand-made garland around a DIY chalkboard wreath

Instead of permanently securing the chalkboard to the garland wrapped wreath base, we attached it using Velcro. This allows the chalkboard wreath to be utilized for any season. Clever, right?!

Step 5 — Chalk in Your Holiday Message

Writing a holiday message on a DIY chalkboard wreath

After chalking “Merry Christmas” and setting the chalkboard into the garland base, our wreath was complete!

An Outdoor Holiday Party

With that mission accomplished, we set about decorating our outdoor space with our new wreath and some of the other fun stuff provided in the mystery box!

An Outdoor Holiday Party

Cocoa stand at an outdoor Christmas party

Chalkboard sign hangs over a hot cocoa table at an outdoor Christmas party

Chalkboard lables on goodie jars

An Outdoor Holiday Party

An Outdoor Holiday Party

An Outdoor Holiday Party
When the sun set, it got extra festive with the AppLights Icicle String Lights from our mystery box, which we could control with our iPhones.

These are amazing! So many different color options!!

An Outdoor Holiday Party

An Outdoor Holiday Party

Happy Holidays!

Ashleigh lives outside of Charlotte, North Carolina with her husband and two children, Mara and Ryan. Ashleigh writes about DIY projects, food, and kids at Beckham + Belle. Ashleigh spends her days consulting for the healthcare industry and renovating older homes. Along with her blog partner, Stephanie, Ashleigh enjoys creating unique home decor items for Beckham + Belle’s Etsy shop.

Stephanie lives in Columbus, Ohio with her husband Joe and three children Beckham, Greyson, and McLaren. When she’s not working at her full-time job as a buyer, you can find Stephanie blogging at Beckham + Belle. On the blog, Stephanie shares her favorite recipes and DIYs that are primarily focused on home decor and projects for the little ones.

Follow our Holiday Style Challenge board on Pinterest, for more Christmas decorating ideas, and follow our Wreaths for Any Occasion board for more DIY wreath ideas.

The Home Depot has everything you need to decorate for Christmas in our Holiday Decorations Department.

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