Thriifty Decor Chick: painting signs

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhypUszdE07Gm89f3hmoHoikEwkwDMK_NPHwFoCFgAQQ-a_U0OGLBLvGVexjYk0zL6WoAnLzV44Xe9oiaPO1B11x5qjIe5gQcylTD7ebcDfaxc63Mkh3DB8DeLMBGmLekOjuEEcJykEs84/s1600/western+cowboy+rustic+sign+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="hand painted sign, western decor" border="0" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhypUszdE07Gm89f3hmoHoikEwkwDMK_NPHwFoCFgAQQ-a_U0OGLBLvGVexjYk0zL6WoAnLzV44Xe9oiaPO1B11x5qjIe5gQcylTD7ebcDfaxc63Mkh3DB8DeLMBGmLekOjuEEcJykEs84/s1600/western+cowboy+rustic+sign+5.jpg" title="" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Flavor of the month: Western Decor. I love it. I want a little. Maybe a lot. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But for now, I'm going to start with just a little of the Old West in my home, and see how it goes. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There are plenty of catalogues I love, selling very expensive (but beautiful, cozy and charming) Western themed decor. However, I thought, starting off slow, it's easiest to DIY a little bit of Western Decor, and see if I like it in my home. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The first thing on my list was to make a hand painted sign, and I found inspiration for this idea <a href="http://happyhouseandhome.blogspot.com/2014/03/western-decor-love.html">HERE </a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEiiVoeEKCNWai60hH7mW9wKHKvPz55QXIBI41Kv9zE0bOT0PnDUDFr-rwsVPEaAKK4GtSSHiivquA7E8f6AKjlDVraDSuEd5HJWQvkEf6vOKPLgE04DlbRslI6BBos_3qr0fl4WxtcLQ1XAN5Or_sUH1raZHQ8m9dHoe4JICQ=" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="hand painted sign, western decor" border="0" src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdclmd8ZW31r7w1p1o1_500.jpg" title="" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I love the words on this sign, but I wanted to lettering bigger and a little brighter. I searched around Pinterest for a free font that struck my fancy, and found one called "Nashville", which I then downloaded to Word. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Next, I pulled on my trust cowboy boots, and headed to our basement (yee haw!), where I searched for the perfect piece of wood, that would be the right length to hang above the coat closet. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A length of scrap plywood fit the bill. It had a few dings and dents, but that's what I was looking for. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I painted the plywood black and waited until it was good and dry.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As I waited, I typed in the words <i>BOOTS, CHAPS AND COWBOY HATS</i> in the font "Nashville" and printed them off. I used the font size 200 to make the letters extra, extra large. I then cut out the letters and traced them onto the wood with pencil. (All of this because I stink at eyeballing letters).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhprD9t3V17bH-FjyD-0pMKnJc6lZa5g5NKClJSlu_HEUOgRzYfXxzmPs1Uf8SPjcurDX3lS6PwZiBDMwIrPhfgkBygJ8DH-_3UmOaz-uAOzSkjcd_lCpofZKRnGff7ozgclojjaQkSmAA/s1600/western+cowboy+rustic+sign+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="hand painted sign, western decor" border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhprD9t3V17bH-FjyD-0pMKnJc6lZa5g5NKClJSlu_HEUOgRzYfXxzmPs1Uf8SPjcurDX3lS6PwZiBDMwIrPhfgkBygJ8DH-_3UmOaz-uAOzSkjcd_lCpofZKRnGff7ozgclojjaQkSmAA/s1600/western+cowboy+rustic+sign+2.jpg" title="" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I then filled the letters with white paint. (I didn't have the right sized paint brush so I used on old make-up brush!) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiim1QuHD7e_OIuUvBSMDemM0j6ZOf8E1eaAmzxU8qhEG9DeQ_oCG-hLgK8p_VtGrPNwuar5YNah8dMvRZnHXSFFSffsL-WWDtoTQuxK2-9XE1UyJEjLHfx1WUdYpWU7M7XcB7Upo22NKM/s1600/western+cowboy+rustic+sign4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="hand painted sign, western decor" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiim1QuHD7e_OIuUvBSMDemM0j6ZOf8E1eaAmzxU8qhEG9DeQ_oCG-hLgK8p_VtGrPNwuar5YNah8dMvRZnHXSFFSffsL-WWDtoTQuxK2-9XE1UyJEjLHfx1WUdYpWU7M7XcB7Upo22NKM/s1600/western+cowboy+rustic+sign4.jpg" title="" width="265" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once the paint was dry, I sanded the whole piece down with some sand paper, and  then a little steel wool, to try and age it a little bit. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI4I3DhExhr9xaJhp_MlikhaACCXxCU35CPHAomRC8Dxr_Z76_h-Vh9BzrsnFE2uYaXaaZVHI8l537MH-zhxkpLGQB-0-Lip6sDZDthYJfCnlkibfuUFZZMafv1qOhoHtG6mfVMYg2a40/s1600/western+cowboy+rustic+sign+6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="hand painted sign, western decor" border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI4I3DhExhr9xaJhp_MlikhaACCXxCU35CPHAomRC8Dxr_Z76_h-Vh9BzrsnFE2uYaXaaZVHI8l537MH-zhxkpLGQB-0-Lip6sDZDthYJfCnlkibfuUFZZMafv1qOhoHtG6mfVMYg2a40/s1600/western+cowboy+rustic+sign+6.jpg" title="" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I used my favorite method to hang the sign ~ pop tops and hot glue. (See <a href="http://happyhouseandhome.blogspot.com/2014/03/fun-bathroom-sign-wash-your-hands.html">HERE </a>for a little more detail) </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTF9n1jJ8EX60EgYI3ceie4FE5njpC8Up3wDxWoDgfn_yaPjl05UMzAc8O_8VEYHE3SPvwlSsLcXHrBhIO-OzZOBt08f47sMlEisyAK0RQVPxuf_X2HLCaGpEQkOW6BDBsH0T9NV2a4hQ/s1600/western+cowboy+rustic+sign+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="hand painted sign, western decor" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTF9n1jJ8EX60EgYI3ceie4FE5njpC8Up3wDxWoDgfn_yaPjl05UMzAc8O_8VEYHE3SPvwlSsLcXHrBhIO-OzZOBt08f47sMlEisyAK0RQVPxuf_X2HLCaGpEQkOW6BDBsH0T9NV2a4hQ/s1600/western+cowboy+rustic+sign+3.jpg" title="" width="218" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And there you have it! Perfect for hanging above the coat closet! So far, I like a little Western! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhypUszdE07Gm89f3hmoHoikEwkwDMK_NPHwFoCFgAQQ-a_U0OGLBLvGVexjYk0zL6WoAnLzV44Xe9oiaPO1B11x5qjIe5gQcylTD7ebcDfaxc63Mkh3DB8DeLMBGmLekOjuEEcJykEs84/s1600/western+cowboy+rustic+sign+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="hand painted sign, western decor" border="0" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhypUszdE07Gm89f3hmoHoikEwkwDMK_NPHwFoCFgAQQ-a_U0OGLBLvGVexjYk0zL6WoAnLzV44Xe9oiaPO1B11x5qjIe5gQcylTD7ebcDfaxc63Mkh3DB8DeLMBGmLekOjuEEcJykEs84/s1600/western+cowboy+rustic+sign+5.jpg" title="" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Do you have any Western decor DIY's? Or are you a full-blown cowgirl or cowboy? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I'd love hearing from you! I'd also love for you to follow along on FB, Pinterest, OR </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="color: red;">Don't forget to subscribe to my newsletter! (Above) </span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: red;">If you would like to join in some fun link parties, head on over <a href="http://happyhouseandhome.blogspot.com/p/link-parties_11.html">HERE</a></span></i></div><br /><br />

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