Making an old sign

Look what I found… 

 

A never ending supply of pallets down the road from my house! 

 

I decided to make an “old sign” to hang in my kitchen from one of the boards that I picked up.

After I decided on the board to use, I very roughly slapped on some white paint.  I didn’t try to make it evenly coated, in fact, I purposely left it looking pretty uneven and I let some  of the wood around the edges show through.  After painting, I sanded and distressed it to give it even more character and “age”.

Next, I opened up a word program in my computer and decided on a font.  Then I blew up each letter to a size that would fit nicely on my board.  I printed, traced, and then cut out each letter to make stencils.

 

Next I traced each letter on to my board.

 

And then I carefully painted in all the letters with black paint.  It was tedious.

 

Finally, I sanded and distressed my board once again.  And Tim hung it up for me.

 

I love how it looks hanging over the doorway in my kitchen.