Family Rules Sign {You Can Do It!}

I haven't posted in a while, but I have been busy!

Here is a great project to add big impact to your home.

I've included some pictures and descriptions of the steps I took to make it, you can always put your own spin on things.

I was inspired by this sign found on Pinterest:

An amazing piece from Between You and Me Signs

While school was in session, I scored a beat up pallet from our custodian & my darling husband was sweet enough to take it apart for me.  I was left with some great weathered/distressed boards.

The first step was to connect the boards.

I used wood screws to attach them like this:

{source}

Next, I painted the front with white paint then followed it up by rubbing in some dark brown wood stain.

I added a bit more distressing by running over the whole thing with an electric sander, paying special attention to the corners and edges.

Then, using the original inspiration picture as a guide, I stenciled the words with a pencil.

{much needed glass of wine in the background}

I used Michael's stencils in Helvitica font.

{sizes 2, 3, 4, & 6 inches}

Here is a tip for placing the letters:

once you determine the phrase/word you want and where you want it, begin by stenciling the very middle letter in the middle of the designated space {does that make sense? hmmm}

Then, stencil the first and last letters at the outer edges of the designated space.

Then the letter in the middle of the "true middle" letter and the first letter {ok, now I'm confusing myself}.

If you are writing the word LAUGH, you would first stencil the U, then the L & H, and finally the A and the G, making sure the spacing is even throughout.

After painting in all of the letters, I ran over the sign with a fine grit sandpaper on my electric sander once again.

And that's it!

I'm thrilled with how this turned out and am excited to use this process again in the future!!

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