Hey there welcome to Decorate and More with Tip, I am joining 5 other friends to share our thrift store finds or repurposing something we have sitting around our home today. I will share all of my friend’s blog links at the bottom of my page. A big thanks to Emily with LeCultivateur and Tara with Stilettos and Shiplap for hosting this fun challenge each month.
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The item I worked on was our daughter’s first bed’s headboard, it’s been up in our attic for over 23 years. It’s solid wood and is in good shape other than being dusty. I am going to repurpose this to make a Christmas sign for our home.
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Before I started working on the headboard I made sure our daughter didn’t want it for their daughter. She said no go ahead and cut away. ha! There are so many options you can do with a solid wood headboard. It’s a twin size headboard which is the perfect size for our entryway. I brought out the circular saw and cut the frame from the middle piece.
Removing it off the frame was pretty simple, just two straight cuts down each side. I will save the frame for another project.
I took the electric sander and gave it a quick sanding with 100 grit sandpaper.
Wiped all the dust off with a damp cloth before staining the piece. Keeping it the same stain color as the bench in the entryway I am using Minwax Hickory stain. Applying it with a chip brush and wiping off the excess with a clean cloth. I only stained one coat to the piece.
I let the piece dry for 24 hours. In the meantime I found a saying to place on the headboard. Here’s the Merry Christmas inspiration sign I found on Google search.
I printed off the wording and I enlarged the font to the size 370. I divided it into several sections when printing it out, when I had all the wording printed out I taped the wording together to create the pattern.
To create the pattern onto the board I centered the pattern on the board, pressing down with an ink pen I traced the pattern. This carved a small detail onto the board.
I used Waverly chalk paint in Plaster and painted all of the letters.
Gave all the letters 2 coats of paint.
After the paint dried I took 150 grit sandpaper and gave the entire piece a light sanding creating a distress look to the lettering.
Taking a damp cloth removing off all the dust.
This is how my piece looks so far.
I applied Minwax finishing wax to the entire piece.
I measured and double checked the pattern to make sure it would centered from side to side…..BUT, why is there always a but? I measured the top to the curve cut out but I didn’t think about the bottom, since the C curves more to the center and the S swirl goes out to the side it doesn’t look centered. To fix that I am placing a couple Dollar Tree snowflake cut outs to each bottom side of my wording.
I didn’t want to over power the sign with the snowflakes so I grabbed 4 from the pack and made 3 different sizes by cutting some of the stems off.
Painted my snowflakes with Waverly chalk paint in the color plaster to match the lettering, dry brushed some dark brown on them and applied some Minwax finishing wax. Let them dry before applying them to the sign.
Once the snowflakes were dry I applied wood glue to the back of each snowflake and attached them to my sign. I added 3 to one side and a single snowflake on to the other.
It looks more to the centered now even though the wording isn’t.
I will place this in our home when I start decorating our home for Christmas, for now I am sharing what it looks like on my craft room’s floor. 🙂
It’s time to check out your local thrift stores, Goodwill, yard sales or Facebook market place if you don’t have any good items stored away somewhere.
A headboard made a perfect Christmas sign or if you don’t want it to say Merry Christmas find a cute Welcome wording and paint it on your board. Can’t beat decorating on the cheap!!!
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Decorating our home on a budget is my thrill. I think a home can look beautiful without breaking the bank. Your home should bring the best out of you and make you feel happy. You should smile every time you enter your home. 🙂
Clever gal!! This is a great idea, love how your brain works!!
Oh Patti, you never want to be in this girl’s brain. You would be so dizzy. ha! Thanks Patti for your sweet comment.
Thanks Patti. You don’t want to really know how my brain works, it would scare you to death. ha!
Oh my word , I am soooo in love with this sign Terry !!!
Its absolutely amazing .. Great job and what great inspiration ..
Im already thinking about doing one of these.. Awesome.
Love love love!!
Teresa
Hey there girl! Hope this finds you doing well. Missed you on the challenge. I love how the sign looks and am so ready to decorate our home for Christmas! Happy Halloween my dear!
So happy you like it Teresa and wanting to make it. It was so easy to make. I hope all is well with you and your family.
Terrie, I love this!!! You are so creative and always come up with such cute ideas!!!
Thanks Emily. You are very sweet. I saw where you took a board and did something similar for your home. It wasn’t a Christmas sign but it was super cute. Thanks for cohosting this fun challenge.
How beautiful is this?? Love it!!!!!
Thank you Tracey. I can’t wait to get styling my home for Christmas.
This turned out so stinking cute, Terrie. I love it. I know snowflakes weren’t originally part of the plan but I think they look fantastic. You know what’s funny? Your inspiration piece that you used to print the wording for your sign? I have that exact sign hanging on my fireplace wall as we speak! My aunt sent it to me last winter!
Tara…you are kidding me? How fun is that. I love the font of the wording, there are so many different type out there too and how fun is it that I picked the same one you have. Crazy. Thanks Tara, the snowflakes looks great with the sign, I just spent a lot of measuring to make it centered, not thinking to also center the bottom as well. UGH…Thanks for co hosting this fun challenge.
I love this idea so much!! The headboard was a perfect shape and I love your addition of the snowflakes as a fix. I will definitely be on the lookout for some vintage headboards in need of a facelift!
Thank you Mariah. It was about time I took the headboard from the attic and do something with it. I am happy with the sign and can’t wait to style it this Christmas season.
Terrie,
This is fantastic, I could never have freehanded the pain even with the lines. I know your plan wasn’t to originally have the snowflakes but I love the addition of them. They add whimsy to this sign.
You always amaze. Pinned to my Christmas Inspiration board.
Cindy
I didn’t freehand the print. I traced it out and painted it. Sort of like a color traceable. I do like the snowflakes too, I wanted to paint them like the wording but too detailed so I used the wooden cutouts. I am happy with it. Thanks Cindy!
This is absolutely amazing, Terrie! You did such a great job. This looks like one of those pricey signs you see in the stores. I LOVE it!
Jodi, thank you my sweet friend. I can’t wait to style this. It was so fun working with you again on a thrift store item.
What a darling project! You are such a talented word-working gal! Love and Pinned!
Jemma
Thank you so much. I love taking things and repurposing them into something I can use now. Thanks for always coming over and checking my blog out.
I don’t know why, but your sign reminds me of the movie “A Christmas Carol” with Tiny Tim!! I love how it (your sign) turned out. Your daughter can still say she used to sleep in the bed that headboard came from!! Nice project, thanks for sharing!
Thank you Karolyn. After you say this it sure does look like something from the old movie, which I love. She definitely can say that, but she knows me I make things out of a lot of old stuff so she would always have things to say. ha!