DIY Subway Art

 

Our back patio, at the lake cottage, certainly needed a little

sprucing up.  

I’ve seen several pieces of subway art on the web that looked so

neat and interesting.  I was thinking…. this might be

the perfect solution.

 

 

I found this piece of plywood and trim left over from another project in our basement,

and realized this would make the perfect sign.

I also had some black and white spray paint left over.

I first sprayed it with white spray paint and then went over the white with black.

I thought this project was going to be easy, but I soon found out it was somewhat time consuming

and required a few math skills, Ugh!    

 

 

The stencil,  I was going to use, was waaa too big for the frame

and since I didn’t want any money tied up in this master piece,

I just winged most of it, crooked letters and all.

After painting the letters, I let it dry overnight.  The next day, I  used

an electric hand sander and sanded down the letters and frame,

just to get a weathered look.

 

 

 

 

 

It’s now a cozy little place to sit and relax with a glass of cold iced tea

 

and watch the hummingbirds and  butterflies.

 

 

You want to know the best part?  It was FREE!

Thank you, thank you….for stopping by and I hope you enjoy the rest of your week!

See you soon!

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