I'm sharing with you today a super easy DIY art project. It literally cost us less than $11 and is probably my favorite piece in our entire house!
Over the past month, my husband and I decided to redecorate our entire downstairs(living room and dining room). You can find the before and after pictures here. The project wasn't totally complete and our living room was lacking a piece of art to go over our couch:
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We didn't like anything we found at the various home decor stores we went to, so we decided to take matters into our own hands!
Here is what we came up with:
Here's how to make it:
5 fence pieces 3.5" x 4'
Cut off the ends of the fence with a jig saw to create a jagged edge.
Distress to your hearts content! Seriously, hammers, nails, screws...anything you can get your hands on! Go at it!
We "white washed" the boards, I just took flat latex paint and watered it down. We used paper towels to wipe off the excess.
Once the boards are dry, align them how you want them to look on the wall.
Take 3/4" x 1 1/2" wood. Take 1 1/4" screws and screw into each plank.
The boards are now screwed together and we are almost ready to paint!
We bought a frame hanging kit and installed it using the directions on the package.
Ready to paint!
We used our handy-dandy projector for this next part. Scott hand drew the word "love" because we couldn't find any fonts that we liked(yes, he is awesome). Align the projector where you want the word and get to work!
Just simply trace the words onto the wood with whatever color paint you would like!
During this part, we realized we liked the "shabby" look of the letters not being totally colored in.
Letters colored in completely.
We really wanted the shabby look so we took sandpaper to the letters to "distress" them.
And Voila!
A perfectly shabby chic piece of art work for less than $11!
We LOVE how it turned out ;-) And I hope you do too!
If you have any questions about it, please feel free to hop on over to my blog and leave a comment! I'd be happy to help!
Kristin
The Simple Things
Sharing at:
http://www.iheartnaptime.net/sundae-scoop-link-party-17/
http://www.flamingotoes.com/
http://www.niftythriftythings.com/
Sharing at:
http://www.iheartnaptime.net/sundae-scoop-link-party-17/
http://www.flamingotoes.com/
http://www.niftythriftythings.com/
46 comments:
Totally awesome. Love the tutorial...the piece looks perfect on the wall in your newly revamped space :) Pinned.
Yes I love it and those are the perfect colours for my home too! Great team work!
You did an awesome job on this! What a great looking sign.
love the sign! I'm now a follower here
Ohhhh so chic! I absolutely loooove the colors!
I love your 'love' sign. Thanks for showing how to use a projection to do the text. I always have difficulty painting words and this is a great idea for script.
Simply perfect and perfectly simple. ;) Glad you shared it.
Following you on Linky and hope you'll follow too.
Much love!
This is GENIUS! I love it! Pinning for sure - I have a big open space in my living room! And I can use the hubs man tools! Thanks for sharing at Dwell on Fridays!
Good morning, you have been featured here:
http://www.decoratinginsanity.com/2012/02/weekend-features-3.html
Head over and grab a button if you like.
Great Project!
xo,
mONICa
I "love" your sign! It's so perfect for your space. And thanks for the tutorial. What a handy man you have! I'm following you via Linky Followers. I hope you have a chance to enter my first ever Choose Joy Giveaway. Have a great rest of the weekend :)
Lynn
Email: Lynn@nsytes.com
www.cottageandcreek.com
Your sign is amazing. I love it! (by the way we have the same sofa!)
Love how creative you were in making this sign! It looks great and goes so well with your space!
Wow, love how you created this awesome wall hanging!
I love wall art like this! I've been dying to get a cricut, and well I havent yet! I love your idea to projector! Thank you for sharing!
Stefanie
http://myblissfulhappiness.blogspot.com/
Love the idea! Had to pin it.
Kelly
It turned out great! Like the white washed look.
This is awesome! I wanna try this! I just showed my hubby! :D
love it! and what a great addition to your living room. it looks great on that wall!
i have a creativity party going on at my blog right now; i would love it if you linked up this or any other amazing project you might have!
http://letbirdzfly.blogspot.com/2012/02/exodus-35-creativity-party-19.html
thanks so much for sharing!
This turned out great. I love the turquoise and the pop of color it adds to your living room. Your tutorial is so helpful too. Thanks for linking to my party!
I love your sign! It's so cute! Such a simple way to spruce up your living room!
Thanks so much for sharing at Dwell on Fridays! It's being featured tomorrow - but I couldn't get a picture of your project to link back to your site. If you can help with that, please email me: dwelljoy@gmail.com. Thanks {there is a text link, but no pics}
What a fantastic sign, and it has so much more meaning and personality than anything you could buy in a shop.
Lovely!
Bianca
Love it! Found you through the linky blog hop & I'm your new follower :)
Love this sign. Looks great on your wall. Found you on the blog hop. Following you on Linky & twitter! I would love for you to follow me back. Thanks!
Melissa
www.lovebugliving.com
Thanks for linking up last weekend! Love your sign, super cute!
I LOVE your sign! How much fun is this! What fun! You have a great tutorial!
blessings,
karianne
This is super cute! "Love" it!
Guess what? I'm featuring your sign at my party!
This is the color scheme I want to go with for our basement and this would be the perfect wall art to add to it! thanks for sharing and I'm definitely pinning this:)
:) Love the "love" sign! haha ;) Following you via LF, hopped on over from Cheri's Blog hop! Hope you will follow back!
-Evey
http://sweetsongbirdofmine.blogspot.com/
"LOVE" the sign! The use of a project is brilliant....I wouldn't have thought of this! So glad you did and shared. Found you on the linky blog hop and am following you on GFC and linky followers. Would love for you to visit my blog!
Marilyn
4you-withlove.blogspot.com
Fabulous!!
Found you on www.itssoverycheri.com's Linky Followers Blog Hop. I'm your newest follower, I'd love for you to follow back!
Thanks so much and Have a Wonderful Evening!
Aledia @ http://plumperfect.blogspot.com
Oh my that is ADORABLE!!! I love it! I have always wanted to know how to make a sign like this. Thank you SO much for the tutorial! Thanks for linking up at Thursday's Temptation.
Jill
oh, wow! That is so gorgeous!! I am thrilled that you shared this project at our Shine on Fridays party! I just love everything about it!
Hi Kristin!
That sign suits your living room so well! Am pinning the tutorial for future use. :)
Take care,
Erin @ Carolina Country Living
(visiting from Air Your Laundry Friday - link #50)
It's gorgeous! I love the way it turned out. The textured look is so great. It gives it a really homey feel :)
I love the sign! I just found you on the linky followers blog hop and now I am looking forward to following you:) Please hop over and check out my blog and follow back.
My Turn (for us)
http://myturn-evelyn.blogspot.com
Thanks, I enjoyed the visit!
Your living room looks beautiful. Love the sign. I'm here via linky followers blog hop party. I'm your newest follower and I'm looking forward to reading more of your posts and following you. Please hop over to my blog and follow me back.
Joy
http:thrifyparsonageliving.blogspot.com
This is adorable! Thanks so much for sharing!! I have a pallet that needs some love, and I think this might be just the thing!;) I am a new follower and found you on the Blog Hop. Please stop by and follow me back.
Katie
http://littlebeckyhomecky.blogspot.com
Just found your blog through Spruce Your Nest. I adore the sign and the colors! Great job :)
Kristin this is fabulous project! I'm hopping around from the Linky Followers Party Hop...I'm following you please follow me too! :)
www.sewanddipity.com
Love the trick.
I am actually coming to your site re. the FOLLOWER linky blog hop, and am following you ! :-) Will you follow me back?? Thank you so much when you do.
PLUS: There is also a party on our blog, where you can feature 'your best creative work'. There are some great projects to see already, but we want to see your work!
Anyhow, use this link both to FOLLOW and to PARTY:
http://www.FineCraftGuild.com/party/
Hope to seeing you around!!
Have a happy, creative day!
I know I have commented on your cute love sign before, but I just wanted to let you know I am featuring this at the link party today!!
http://twoyellowbirdsdecor.blogspot.com/2012/02/thursdays-temptation-link-party-6.html
Jill
Have a wonderful Easter and thanks for linking up to Share the Love Wednesday!
Mary
L-O-V-E your DIY artwork! So much that I featured it today from the {wow me wednesday} party :)
http://shakentogether.blogspot.com/2012/04/wow-me-wednesday-shaken-together.html
This is such a great project. I was a co-host for the gingersnapcrafts party and was totally going to feature you but since I can't grab the photo it defeats the purpose. Bummer!
Still love the project, just can't share it.
Karah
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