[ViolaMum]

I have a wall that I painted with magnetic primer and then used chalkboard paint over it. My experience, just in case you're tempted:

The magnetic primer will hold only magnets. Rare earth magnets work reasonably well, as do the magnet sheets (like bumper stickers), and larger, stronger pretty magnets. It will not hold notices up on the wall, even when those magnets will hold papers on the fridge. It was SUPER stinky to paint. If you have anyone with breathing issues, only use it when you can have the windows open for hours at a time. I think I did two coats and had to let them dry overnight with fans on. (I painted last summer and it was extremely hot. Not a good time to do it!)

I wish I had read the instructions on the chalkboard paint more closely as well because I can't use chalk markers on the paint. We have to use actual chalk which leaves a LOT of dust on the floor. We started off writing schedules and then quotes from books and things we were learning on the wall, but traded that in for a pen and small notebook that hangs out somewhere in the living room. (It would be on the coffee table if we had one.) Schedules go back on the paper calendar hanging further down the hall.

The wall is getting redone this month. We like the charcoal color of the wall, so I'm repainting the entire hallway black or super dark gray, then putting up white commercial metal notice boards. Wall Pops makes good quality vinyl dry-erase, chalkboard, and calendar stickers that are removable if you are so inclined. I'd rather have a frame of some sort so that the kids do't end up writing on the painted wall. Secunda wants a cork board with tacks and string (so that she can keep track of book characters in a series we're reading ) but I'm trying to convince her that magnets will be just as good. I've stepped on more than my fair share of Legos. I've sewn through my finger (twice! but only once requiring an ER trip. ) with the sewing machine. I don't need to pull thumbtacks out of my feet.