One thing about me is that as an adult, I like Ace of Base. What are you going to do about it? I also like wooden signs.
Now, another thing about Eddy and I is that we've read more than our fair share of Victorian novels and we love when people name their houses, so we decided to do it too. We named our current house Maplebrook because of the Japanese maples growing here and because of the "brook" in "Westbrook." We've been going back and forth about how to declare to any weirdo walking by that we have named our house, and when we had a few planks of leftover pallet wood from the new pallet wall in our basement I figured I'd make a sign or two.
I did a pattern transfer using pencil lead and then hand painted the lettering.
Eddy hung it for me because even though I'm a lady who knows her way around a power tool, we wanted to pick the perfect spot on the porch together.
The second sign I made is more of a functional piece. As part of our ongoing basement renovation, we wanted a new and improved entryway organizer by the door leading to the garage. I also wanted a Tolkien thing.
I used the same transfer method as before.
Then I tested some paints we had around that match the new wallpaper we've chosen for the basement.
And I got busy painting!
Finally, I mounted it near our garage door and now we're ready to pile our stuff around in a more organized fashion.
Now, another thing about Eddy and I is that we've read more than our fair share of Victorian novels and we love when people name their houses, so we decided to do it too. We named our current house Maplebrook because of the Japanese maples growing here and because of the "brook" in "Westbrook." We've been going back and forth about how to declare to any weirdo walking by that we have named our house, and when we had a few planks of leftover pallet wood from the new pallet wall in our basement I figured I'd make a sign or two.
I did a pattern transfer using pencil lead and then hand painted the lettering.
Eddy hung it for me because even though I'm a lady who knows her way around a power tool, we wanted to pick the perfect spot on the porch together.
The second sign I made is more of a functional piece. As part of our ongoing basement renovation, we wanted a new and improved entryway organizer by the door leading to the garage. I also wanted a Tolkien thing.
I used the same transfer method as before.
Then I tested some paints we had around that match the new wallpaper we've chosen for the basement.
And I got busy painting!
Finally, I mounted it near our garage door and now we're ready to pile our stuff around in a more organized fashion.
