The slate is a copy of blackboards from classrooms.

Functional, interesting and stylish, you can make the design of any room. In an apartment or house, you can use a chalk board as an assistant. The slate, as it is also called, is almost a copy of the usual boards from school classrooms. Its surface is covered with a stylus. With the help of crayons, you can create, erase and re-create any notes or drawings. Only this item carried a functional load before, it was rarely seen in living rooms. Now the situation has changed dramatically - in the interior, designers use chalkboards quite often, turning them sometimes into an exclusive element. Correctly selected and placed products look really very stylish.

Advantages and disadvantages

We highlight the positive qualities of slate boards. In the interior, they can become an interesting accent, if used correctly. This is a multifunctional useful item. On the board you can make menus, lists, diagrams, make sketches or notes. A chalk board can be useful in children's creativity or in schoolchildren doing homework. The recordings made on it are easily erased with a damp cloth. A practical and convenient product becomes just a dark monophonic surface.

With the help of a chalk board, you can hide irregularities and even holes in the walls, as well as other defects. The design of the room area thus designed can be changed at any time. It is for this reason that slate boards are happy to use people as changeable and creative as decor. There are a lot of options for shades. It is not necessary to choose standard colors. However, the color of chalk boards is always dark. But at the same time, you can choose products with deep and rich colors. They will look interesting. If at some point the board gets bored, you can dismantle it very quickly. Although this is unlikely to happen.

Certain disadvantages of chalkboards are also worth considering. The surface due to dark light may look shaded or even gloomy. Simple tricks can help fix this problem. Crayons intended for drawing on a board inevitably crumble. As a result, not only on the floor will it be possible to observe dust from them. Fixing this is quite simple. Surrounding surfaces simply need to be wiped after each drawing or inscription. A lot of time and effort will not be required.

Purpose of rooms and chalk board

Slate surfaces will definitely be useful for solving everyday tasks or production work in the room where someone works. The cabinet should be decorated with such boards. They fit perfectly into the kitchen. On the board you can leave messages for other family members, make a shopping list or menu for the coming days, write down the recipes you need for cooking lunch or dinner.

Slate boards are simply a must for a kids room. The student will be able to complete homework easier and faster. On the surface of the board, a very small owner can draw as much as desired, parents do not scold for this.

Chalk boards can be selected even for the bedroom. Important or meaningless cute messages on it can be left in the morning to the spouse. Such decoration of the room will look very creative.

Creating a slate surface

There are several ways to arrange a chalk board in a room. The easiest way is to purchase the finished product and fix it on the wall. In this case, moving the board to another location will be very simple. Also on sale are slate stickers. Using them is also very simple. They are glued to furniture, walls and other surfaces. Elements can be created with a variety of forms.

Some manufacturers also offer chalk or slate colors. All the necessary characteristics on the surface painted by them will be present. You can even paint a whole wall or other large surfaces with paint.

To place a slate, you can select both a section of the wall, and its entirety. However, in the second case, you will have to completely free the wall, otherwise the decor will look overloaded or will be partially meaningless. On a piece of furniture you can fix a slate sticker or a small board.

It is important that there is free space in front of the board. In addition, the presence of natural light is desirable, that is, the best place for a slate will be the wall opposite the window or adjacent to it. You can use the board in a niche. In the interior, a slate surface will thus be interestingly beaten. In addition, it will be possible to hide it, if desired, behind a screen or curtain. You can also arrange a board in the form of a screen, unless, of course, the area of ​​the room is quite large. The design of the slate surface and in a bright frame will look interesting. Materials for the manufacture of the frame can be almost anything.