Pinterest Project: House Rules.

I've said it before and I'll say it again.  I LOVE PINTEREST.


One of the blogs I read, Young House Love, is having a pinterest challenge today to show off projects that you've made or have been inspired to create based on something you've seen from pinterest.


Here is what I've decided to create:

(I'd give credit as to where I found this, but the link no longer works--it was for someone's Etsy shop.  If this is yours--let me know!  I want to give you credit and link to your store!!)

I knew that the letters were stenciled on, but I didn't want a plaque that big.  When I saw this old camping chair....

I knew that was exactly what I needed.  
The Big Guy helped me out by cutting off the rivets.

And soon, we went from this....

to this...

I then, took off the hinges, painted the chair with a bit of white paint left over from our various wall painting adventures this winter.  

I went to JoAnn's and found smaller stencils and penciled out what would be our house rules.  Some stayed the same.  Some were different.  But they are "us", and the Big Guy even said, "hey!  I like that!"

I then painted in each letter...
And wala.....
The finished product.

What I learned...

• This is actually the 2nd set of rules.  The first set (photo evidence below) didn't turn out.  One of the reasons I didn't like it was because the paint was too thick.  It didn't dawn on me until 1/2 way through the project to thin out the paint a little with some water.  The result was easier painting, but the first half of the project looked gloopy and messy.

• I wanted to outline the letters to make them pop.  Originally I decided to use a thin marker, 

but....


I thought I'd get done faster with a thicker marker.  Well...it just made it look really, really, messy.  That and it made it look like a 5th grade art project.
I haven't been in 5th grade in, like, forever.  So....  

I may take a belt sander to it and start over.

Or toss it in the burn barrel.