I painted the inside of my kitchen cupboard door black just to stop the shopping lists cluttering my wall: two weeks later, wiping it clean, I understood which step I’d skipped before the first word
A painter discovers her new chalkboard cupboard door is haunted by phantom shopping lists. The culprit? A single forgotten step that takes five minutes but changes everything. Here’s how to season chalkboard paint properly—and rescue one that’s already ghosted.