DIY Painted Wood Signs Using Folkart Chalk
These diy painted wood signs using Decoart Chalk are a colorful & cheerful way help fill up empty wall spaces.
One of my favorite budget friendly solutions for home decor problems is paint! Put on a wall, it can totally transform a space. Put it on a piece of wood and it becomes art!
Today’s project was the solution to an empty wall situation in our main bathroom. For it, I tried a new-to-me brand of paint from Folkart.
{Disclaimer: I was compensated for this post with product from Folkart. However, my love for their products isn’t conjured up. All opinions and reviews are honest ones, and if they’d like to give me a lifetime supply, I’d keep on using it gladly!;)}
DIY Painted Signs using Folkart Home Decor Chalk
Supplies Needed:
- Folkart Home Decor Chalk (I used the colors Yellow Crochet, White Adirondack, and Grotto)
- Folkart Home Decor Wax (Clear wax, and antiquing wax)
- Wood pallet bases (Made like this)
- Wood Stain
- Paintbrushes
First up is a little artwork piece.
Sitting in our basement was a whole stack of signs just begging to be painted.
My husband had prepped them ages ago by staining cut boards, gluing them together, and putting strapping on the back. (You can see the tutorial on that here.)
Since the bathroom walls are now a pretty Seasalt blue color, I thought an accent of yellow would be pretty as artwork.
I followed the directions and stirred the paint first and just applied it with a brush. I agree with the statement that it slides on like butter. It’s quite a thick paint and covers nicely.
I transferred a saying that I found on Pinterest (I can’t find the original source, sorry) using graphite paper and wooden stylus.
Then I painted the words on using thinned acrylic white paint and a brush, and dry-brushed a little white randomly over the sign.
I must say, one of the things I love most about the Folkart Chalk is that acrylic paint slides over it so easily, and seems to make it much easier to “write” with paint.
I finished it off with a little antique wax on the edges, randomly on the front, and in between the boards, and coated the whole sign with clear wax.
Using wax is a new experience for me, so I didn’t know quite what to expect. This wax is liquid and very easy to apply. Once applied it says to “buff it off” after an hour. I wiped it with a cloth, but I don’t see a huge sheen or shine ~ just a smooth “sealed” finish ~ and brings out the color a bit more.
Here’s how it turned out:
Since I had so much fun painting that one, I tried a second one using grotto as the main color and sealed it with clear wax. Here they are together.
If you’d like to see a more detailed description on how I make painted signs, you can find the tutorial with videos here.
Linking up with: Be Awesome Link Party
Love them…so glad you are back I’ve missed your creative side!
LOVE your painted signs! Thanks for linking up at the #BeAwesome party, I hope you’ll join us again this week!
Rita – I just wanted to let you know that I featured your signs in our very first Be Awesome party! Love them so much! (And I have a sneaking suspicion where you might live… I’m a (former) Island girl myself!)
What a beautiful project!! So sunny & cheery!
You inspire me! I featured your project this week from last week’s Be Awesome link party. I’d love for you to check it out: http://www.sewcreativeblog.com/8-lifestyle-bloggers-1-awesome-party-beawesome-link-party