Done. (for now...)

For 6 years I've had this big, blank wall in my kitchen.  I finally did something about it.  My inspiration came from here.  I even emailed her and asked her a question about it.  She promtly responded.  Made me feel like we were friends :)

I started with a 4x10 piece of metal (that's feet people...and it was 1 giant piece of metal!).  My fabulous neighbor was kind enough to cut it for me and I found some friends who would want to buy the other half.  Worked out great.  Then Jared (who I ended up using a LOT more than I had promised him for this project) drilled that sucker onto the wall.  Yeah, if we move this thing is not coming with.

 Then 2 coats of primer...

A hot handyman to help attach the frame around the edge...(after 4 coats of chalkboard paint.  BTW, if any of you out there want to do a little project with chalkboard paint I've got plenty to spare!  Serious.)

 And some paint.  Which I don't LOVE the color and it doesn't look great.  But for now it's done.