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DIY Wood Planked Sign

April 22, 2014

Paint: diy wood planked REFRESHMENTS sign
diy multi-color wood planked sign
Make this large wood planked sign using scrap pieces and bright paint.
diy handpainted multi-color sign
I recently participated in the Creating With the Stars contest where 12 diy bloggers were selected to create a project based on a certain theme.  Each blogger was paired up with a star blogger who served as a mentor, I got lucky being paired up with Becky from Infarrantly Creative and we actually won the first round with our knock off project: sliding barn door console.
Then came Round 2: Paint.
And we came in 2nd to last place 🙁 with our family refreshments station:
diy family refreshments station
But I still love the giant refreshments planked sign and today I’m sharing the full tutorial so you can make your own.
diy handpainted multi-color sign with frame
bright Benjamin Moore colors
diy handpainted multi-color sign
How to make a wood planked sign:
 
SUPPLIES:
– 1x wood scraps of different widths all cut @ 10″l
– 1/2″ plywood (10″ x 52″l)
– 2 – 1×2 @ 52″l
– 2 – 1×2 @ 11 1/2″l
– finish nails & nailer
– wood glue
– paint of multiple colors
– stain
how to make a sign
Step 1: Determine the size of your sign using brown kraft paper.
diy signmaking steps
Step 2: Cut enough 1x wood scraps at 10″l to make up the width of your kraft paper.  My sign measures 52″w.  I used 1x2s, 1x3s, 1x4s, and 1x5s wood scraps.

 

diy planked sign painted boards
Step 3: Paint wood pieces.

 

diy multi-color planks
Step 4: Determine placement of painted pieces then glue and nail onto plywood backing.

 

diy handpainted sign with computer print outs
Step 5: Print out letters.  I used Ariel Narrow Bold font at 600 point.

 

diy handpainted sign using computer
Step 6: Line up printed letters on wood boards, work from the center outwards and be sure to center letters top to bottom.

 

handpainted lettering without stencil
Step 7: Using a ballpoint pen trace outline of letters using heavy pressure.

 

handpainted lettering using indent
The pressure of the pen creates an indent in the wood.

 

handpainted lettering on planked sign
Step 8: Paint on and inside the indent with white paint.

 

handpainted lettering with shadow
Step 9: Add dimension to the letters with dark brown shadows.

 

distressing handpainted sign
Step 10: Sand to distress.

 

adding a frame to handpainted sign
Step 11: Add 1×2 stained frame using glue and finish nails.

 

framed handpainted sign with cleat
Step 12: To hang use a French cleat.

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  1. Jenny says

    April 22, 2014 at 10:28 AM

    Last place or not, I think it's adorable! So many possibilities too – you could make a sign like this for a kid's room, a basement bar, etc. Very fun – thanks for sharing!

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  2. Our Pinteresting Family says

    April 22, 2014 at 12:01 PM

    Love this project, Jaime! Thanks for always sharing such detailed tutorials.

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  3. Cassie @ Primitive & Proper says

    April 22, 2014 at 12:06 PM

    i love this sign! pinned it!

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  4. [email protected] says

    April 22, 2014 at 2:02 PM

    Love this sign!

    Reply
  5. Ariadne Skyrianidou says

    April 22, 2014 at 2:47 PM

    I loved it, I wonder why it came 2nd to last. AriadnefromGreece!

    Reply

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