I am a quirky kind of decorator. I never use much the way it is intended.
I have 2 living spaces and in one it is kind of supposed to be formal but it works for us to have a ping pong table in it! No basements in Texas :(
Any way that leaves the problem of what to do the the one wall that has giant picture frame moulding on one wall. How to make it more playful and less formal.
Well, picture frame moulding must mean it needs to frame a picture, right? We are talking 3 panels of 4 foot by 9-10 feet. I primed it and painted the border about 6 inches around with white and then a one inch border of gray for a feeling of depth, like a mat on a picture. Then the chalkboard paint in black. It is very thin paint and will sprinkle all over when you do it so keep everything covered. I did 2 coats. I meant for it to be a perminate frame for temporary art. I bought $3 worth of side walk chalk and did a drawing of the dandelion seed heads. It is like a triptic because there are three spaces and the drawing overlaps on each one. Everybody, child, teen and adult loves it and doesn't want me to change it. The chalk dust was a problem when I did the drawing. Part of my problem is the knockdown textured walls. It makes more dust. Stll, if you have carpet under the wall, best to cover it from colored chalk. But I LOVE it.