Eggs-Butter-Milk Sign

 When I'm at Home Depot I always like to look at their wood that is 85% off.

One day I found a piece of wood that was the perfect length for a sign.

When I went to check out it, the wood hadn't been priced so the cashier gave it to me for free.

 Score!

The wood was in VERY rough shape, but I decided to try and make that work with my project.

I would make a sign that said "eggs-butter-milk" that looked like you found it by the side of a country road for a little farm stand.

I painted the sign using pure white chalk paint, but purposely left some of the wood showing.

I then stenciled on my letters using duck egg blue chalk paint.

It looked a little too sloppy at this point. (stenciling is not a strong suit of mine)

I then used a small brush to clean up the letters a bit and then lined them using gray acrylic paint.

Finally I used Annie Sloan clear wax on the whole sign.

I then used the A.S. dark wax just around the edges, really rubbing it into the raw wood.

I wanted the sign to have a slightly dirty look to it.

Just like you would find on a sign that's been left outside.

Here is the completed sign.

Unfortunately my letters aren't spaced perfectly, but hopefully that just adds to its charm. ;)

It is hanging above the sliding glass doors in my breakfast room.

(and now I notice it is hanging crooked)

Finally a lil' sneak peak of the breakfast room.

I took more photos and will show them to you in another post.

I'm joining: Feathered Nest Friday @ French Country Cottage

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Write by: AN - Wednesday, May 23, 2012