DIY Hand Painted Wood Sign
Earlier this week I told you about my trip to Hawaii. I’m still dreaming about it. Since I couldn’t bring the beautiful beaches back with me I thought I should do something to bring a little bit of ALOHA into my house in the form of this hand painted wood sign.
I started sprucing up my powder room a few days ago when I realized I’ve had the same decor in there since my first house almost eight years ago (#didijustadmitthat #suredid). I’m planning on a colorful beachy style so I’m starting it off with this aloha sign.
The sign. It is just three wood planks glued together and secured using another small plank and some finishing nails.
The color combo. These colors are just samples that I had in my garage from previous projects. I wanted a colorful and beachy look and I love the coral, yellow, mint combination.
The process. The process of making the sign was really simple. Pretty much just paint brush strokes of the different colors all over the board. I started with coral. Note: If I did it again I would start with the lightest color and move on to the darkest to prevent wasting any paint.
*Make sure to allow for drying time between colors*
Take the second color and randomly brush on the paint to fill in some of the blank space.
With the third color fill in the rest of the blank space. At this point you can also paint over any space where you feel like one color is too over powering. You want to really concentrate on the middle section as that is where your lettering will be.
Using transfer paper I placed the vinyl lettering on the painted board. I used my Silhouette Cameo to create the vinyl lettering. The font is KG Eyes Wide Open.
Then I painted one coat of white paint over the entire board. After the paint dried I peeled off the vinyl lettering to reveal the perfect multicolored sign.
It’s just so cheerful and is a gazillion times better than that old powder room decor. I can’t wait for the rest of the space to come together. But seriously, can I just have a multicolored hand painted wood sign for every space in my house now? This was way too fun!
Happy Friday friends!
I love the colors you chose for this sign, Chelsea!
Love the sign and the colors. Super cute.
So pretty. I might have to bring a little aloha in to my slice of O’ahu with this sign. As of yet, our little space doesn’t reflect the outdoors. 🙂 Glad you enjoyed your trip to our islands.
Love this project! The colors are perfect! Can’t wait to see what else you do in here 🙂
This is so adorable Chelsea!! I love the colors (of course) and I love the way you did three different colors instead of the standard one base with one over top… great idea!! Pinned! Hope you are having a great week – it was super awesome to meet you in ‘real’ life!
That sign is AWESOME, Chelsea! You did it exactly opposite then I would have guessed….I thought maybe you painted with a bunch of different colors over a stencil…it is SO cute!!! Love!
Such a cute & easy DIY project! And love the color choices! *pinning this to pinterest*