Beach and Lake Signs

I found these rough fence posts at Home Depot, that I thought would make great signs!

I had them cut each into three pieces and the top boards had a point. I sanded down one board to make both sides pointy but it was too much work to do it again! (Yeah, I need to get a saw!)

I made the Lake Michigan one for my sis-in-law's bday. She grew up on Lake Michigan, but now lives close to me in Nashville with my bro and their fam!

The Beach Cottage one was for me..........

I immediately hung it in the guest room!

It was the perfect completion to the doorway, along with my hanging starfish and jute, DIYed chalkboard and a clearanced rack that was missing a hook, which I simply replaced with a starfish! It's right by the laundry, so I hang up our swimsuits to dry there!

I love the rough splintery-ness of the wood!

Quick rundown of how I made them (I love learning new methods of painting signs so leave me any links in comments if you've made any different ways!)

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  Sprayed each board with the color I wanted the letters to be


• Cut out the letters on contact paper with my Silhouette


• Pressed the letters FIRMLY onto the boards. (a little hard to do since they are so rough, I used one of those Pampered Chef Scrapers!


• Sprayed again over letters with the color I wanted the letters to seal it a bit.


• Sprayed over the letters again with the main color of the board (Heirloom White for both!)


• Peeled letters off!

No sanding needed here to make it look rough!



I'm usually hanging out at these parties........