My sister and her husand just bought a great turn of the century house (and I don't mean this century, either).
It definitely needed a lot of work, but there was so much untapped potential that they were able to see. It is definitely a work in progress, but it is coming along beautifully and it has so. much. space!!! All this to say that I new there would be treasures for me to work with, and I was not dissapointed. The other day I dug around the scrap wood pile and found some wooden lathe. I knew immediately I wanted to make some kind of sign. I just waited for inspiration to strike, and a few days later it did.
See the welcome sign I had for sale at my latest craft sale? I'm going to show you how to make one of your own with supplies you probably already have. And hopefully you have a generous brother-in-law who allows you to poke around his discard pile for scraps of wood.
I just laid the boards side-by-side and stapled them together. It looks a little rough, but this is the back so it doesn't really matter.
I tried gluing the paper to the wood, but it was too rough, so I had to sand it down.
I bought this great paper at Michael's a few weeks ago. I applied Mod Podge to the paper and placed it on the wood. I liked that the pattern looked vintage, but the colors were a little too bright.
I took tan acrylic paint (white would work, too), and covered the paper with a thin layer of paint.
I took a knife along the edge of each board to look like each board was individually papered. I also gave it a good sanding. The paper was fragile and it ripped easily, but I was okay with that since I wanted this sign to look old.
This is what it looked like after painting and sanding.
Then I just added the word "Welcome" with a sharpie and added a little design. I love how it turned out. And the best part? It was a completely free project since I already had all the supplies.
