A Farmhouse Sign Made From an Unusual Find
Hi there! I hope you had a great week. Mine was fruitful in two areas in particular (1) cleaning and photographing a large number of vintage finds and (2) working on my eBook. Yes, that’s right, I’m working on a book [about vintage and antiques, of course], which I hope to have available soon. Woo woo! It’s been in the works for a while now, but I feel like the push is finally on; I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Today, however, I have a stenciled sign project that makes use of an interesting find I made about a year ago.
My blog friend, Angie at Knick of Time, provided this “Poultry Feeds” stencil along with a fabulous stencil brush, for today’s project. You can find both products right here:Â Vintage Sign Stencils.
Can you tell what piece of furniture this lovely pink and green, chippy piece of wood came off from? It’s the end of a stool I bought at a garage sale for a dollar. Since it was in pretty poor condition, I decided to take it apart and use the pieces for projects. This is the first one.
Many of Angie’s stencils have two or more words or phrases that can be used in multiple ways. Since my “canvas” was narrow rather than long (like the stencil), I placed the words accordingly.
I used antique white acrylic craft paint rather than stark white for this project. Remember when stenciling, you want to have a very “dry” brush, in other words, dip the flat end of the brush in the paint and tamp of the excess until you have a fairly dry brush, otherwise some paint may bleed under the stencil as you pounce the paint on.
I’m very pleased with the antique white paint against the chippy pink and greenish paint on the scrap board.
It makes a nice accent piece with my bread boards. However…
It’s available for sale in my Vintage Shop, if you’d prefer to have all the work done for you 🙂
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This is awesome! The pink chippy texture just reminds me of a State Fair winning pig! I think it must be a twin to my little stool;)
LOL, Lora! The pink really stands out to me, too and absolutely makes me thing of a pig. After all it’s a county fair time of the year, right?!
The sign is fantastic and I can’t wait for your eBook.
Thanks Sharon! Fingers crossed on the book–I’ve got to keep plugging away at it…
I love it, I knew right away what it was too! But I never would have thought to turn it into a sign!
Tania
You’re so smart, Tania, to recognize where the wood came from 🙂 I’m always looking for new and interesting “canvases” for signs–
I kind of like it in with your bread boards! The colors will be just slightly different than anyone’s background so it will stand out. Do you sign and date these pieces so people know they are upcycled? Off white is so much better than stark white; it adds age to a piece (in my opinion!). Nice job; you do an awesome job stenciling!
It does look pretty good nestled in with my breadboards. No, I don’t sign them, but maybe I should start 🙂 Thanks for your kind compliments, Kathy–you’re a sweetheart!
What a great repurpose! Love it!
Thank you Tuula!
You have such an amazing ability to see the beauty in something old and worn out and turn it into something fabulous! So glad you found such a wonderful way to use my stencil, Diana! Pinned & sharing on FB this weekend!
What a lovely compliment, Angie 🙂 As you can tell, I’ve been thoroughly enjoying your wonderful [high quality] stencils–can’t wait to try out the next one! Thanks for pinning and facebooking–
I kinda thought it looked like the end of a stool! LOVE that chippy & it’s perfect to hold your stencil. Pinned.
Thanks so much, Florence–you’re a doll!!
Love the way you repurpose! Thanks for the inspiration!
Diana, that is a fabulous sign! I thought maybe it was a stool, too. Sign me up for your ebook – you are so inspirational!!
Love, love, love this! It came out fabulous! Talk about chippy shabby……great eye and great stenciling prowess as well:) xo Kathleen|Our Hopeful Home
That looks brilliant Diana! Very farmhouse indeed! :Mimi xxx
Diana, I love your sign and it’s so funny because I just came across a broken stool in my garden storage that I kept with a similar project in mind! I salvaged the seat of mine, but great minds…;)
Clever way to repurpose the end of a stool – it makes the perfect farmhouse sign! Congrats on having it featured at Farmhouse Friday on The Painted Hinge.
Diana, I love this project! I could tell it was the end of a bench. Repurposing items is so much fun!! Thanks for sharing it with SYC.
hugs,
Jann
I just love unique repurposes like this, Diana! Thanks for sharing @Vintage Charm!