It's finally here! Week one of So You Think You Can Decorate presented by Alchemy Junk. I've been working on my projects and I am so excited to finally reveal my entry for the week one theme: Accessories. Here's what I submitted...
For those of you who are familiar with my blog, you know that my specialty is furniture makeovers. When challenged to create an accessory, I wasn't sure which direction I wanted to go, so I did what I know. Why not take a piece of furniture and turn it into an accessory? In this case, I took a $1.00 auction headboard, cut the legs off and turned it into a sign for over my mantle.
The headboard was painted a cream color, but I could tell from the back that it was a beautiful wood. I stripped off the paint, leaving some on the edges to add to the weathered look I wanted. Using my opaque projector and text printed in a font I chose from MS Word, I used chalk to trace the lettering.
I then painted in the letters in a cream acrylic paint and added a few flourishes.
To make the sign appear old, I sanded the letters and gouged them with a paint can opener. I finished off the entire sign with a dark walnut stain and wipe-on poly.
The sign is a dramatic statement for my fireplace mantle and it only took a little creativity and under $3.00 in materials. It is paired with a $12.00 thrift store bird cage, free concrete birds from a giveaway, and a homemade moss topiary in a $5.00 thrift store tureen.
Make sure you enter my 1000 follower giveaway for a hand painted "antique" grain sack.
PS - I had a question about the font I used, so I thought I would share. It's Old English Text MT from Microsoft Word.
I'm posting this to DIY Day at ASPTL.