Vintage Sign, 12er. Part 3 of 3. Finished!

30 pounds later...

We used 50lb picture wire, 2 50lb drywall anchors, and screws:

Hope you all had a great holiday season! 

Thanks for following along.

Vintage Sign, 12er. Part 2...

First coat of gold:

Second coat of gold:

Aged:

Near the spot where it will be displayed:

Now i have to figure out how to hang it... stay tuned...

Vintage Sign, 12er, Part 1...

Back in the summer i threw together some planks with the intention of DIYing a large piece for the living room. 51" x 48" to be exact:

Whatever I ended up painting on it, I knew that I was going to age the hell out of. First I painted the base coat white:

I mulled over this project for months. I just couldn't put my finger on exactly what i wanted to paint. Definitely wanted a Pittsburgh flavor, so I looked into old local busineses. Pittsburgh Brewing & Heinz, for example, but I wasn't really feeling anything. 

The next step was painting the sign black, as you can see here:

I really wanted this thing to look like we cut it right off of a barn. The more I thought about it, the more simple I wanted it to be. Big thick lines, bold paint, old timey, and ultimately I didn't want to paint someone elses design. After researching Ghost Signs (one of my favorite subjects), I came up with this:

Love the old school fancy type of a Ghost Sign! The number "12" is our address, and not only is Black, Gold and White totally Pittsburgh, but you see a lot of it in old signage.

Scaled it, printed it, and pieced together the paper for one big stencil:

Cut then traced with a pencil:

Traced back over the pencil marks with a White Deco paint pen:

Painted in the White, and traced the Gold parts, also with a Deco paint pen:

Thats where we stand right now... Check back soon for more!

Dad's Flag, Part 2 of 2. Finished.

Last coat, as red as the day is long:

Took some sand paper to it to bring out the white a little:

Nice scuff:

In place:

Not the greatest pics, but you get the idea hopefully:

Hope you enjoyed!

Dad's Flag, Part 1...

Dad's flag is being relocated to the new built-in desk right above my computer/workspace. The woodgrain stain looks nice enough, but i really want something to catch the eye...

Taped off the glass, and got her all prepared for a new look: 

The bottom coat will be white: 

Feeling nostalgic & patriotic on this project:

Since we're feeling a bit patriotic, and this is an otherwise short-ish post, here is a picture i snapped back in April:

Now I'll take the moment to share with you a little "in memoriam" logo i created for my dad about a year or so ago:

Thanks for reading! 

Check back real soon for the next step...