Make your own Address Signage!

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Sooo, we have lived in our house for 3 years, and for ALL that time I have hated our nasty little metal address numbers that were on the front porch of our house. U-G-L-Y!! I have wanted to buy one of those fancy custom ordered signs, but have never wanted to spend the $100 bucks.

Sooo, a year or so ago I tried hand painting a small wood one that turned out so horrible we are now using it to hold up an uneven piano leg.

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I realized what I needed to do to get the numbers/letters looking good was to actually transfer/trace them onto the sign I painted.

I had this big frame that the glass had broken out of, and so I had Mark cut a thin piece of wood to fit inside the frame.

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He then spray painted it black for me.

Next, I printed out the address the size I would want to paint it, and rubbed graphite (pencil) all over the back of those numbers/letters.

I then used a pen to trace over(with a lot of pressure)it onto the wood. It left me with my guide for painting! I then used a thin, LONG script paintbrush and painted it in white.

We finished it with a few coats of spray on clear coat.

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And here you go.