Established Sign

I am still in the process of putting together that gallery wall in my entry/foyer area.  One of the things I decided to do {rather spur of the moment} was a sign that said “Est. 1985” {the year we were married}.   I printed out a 40% off coupon for Michael’s and headed there to see if they had something I could use for the sign.  I was looking for something long and found it.

This is referred to as the “Innkeeper Sign”.  Perfect for my purposes!  I also purchased two other wood plaques for the two letters I purchased from Hobby Lobby last week.  I proceeded to paint them all black with a Glidden satin black we already had in the garage.

I do like the shape of this.

After the paint was dry, I pulled out some stencils I already had and pulled together the letters and numbers I needed.  Using a flat white paint, which we also already had, I stenciled the text on the board.

Once that dried, I wanted to make it look a bit aged and distressed, so I sanded it a little bit.

Then I put a coat of satin polyurethane over the top. 

I added two sawtooth picture hangers to the back. Since it is long I thought two would be best to have it hang straight. 

For just the cost of the board ~ $4.69 ~ I got a new sign, customized for us, to add to my gallery wall.

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