Remaking Our Modern House Number Sign
A couple of years ago I created a modern house number sign that included a small bucket planter. It was a unique and fun project and I hung it up outside our front door. It lasted about two years before the glue finally deteriorated and the metal bucket fell off. Instead of reattaching the metal bucket, I decided to remake our modern house number sign instead.
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This post is part of the ‘Do It Over’ Designers link party. A group of designers who take something old and/or unused and ‘do it over’ into something new. These items can be found in closets, barns, garages, yard sales, thrift stores, you name it!
As a visual for those who may not have seen the first post about the modern house number sign, below is how it looked before.
I probably should have brought the sign inside this winter and it wouldn’t have fallen apart.
Thankfully, when the bucket fell off the wood canvas it didn’t do any damage to either the wood canvas or the bucket.
You are probably wondering why I didn’t just reattach the bucket back on the canvas.
To be honest, the idea of planting flowers in the bucket didn’t work out so well.
Both my front entrance and back entrance have covered porches. No matter where I hung up the modern house number sign with the wood canvas and metal bucket, it didn’t get any sunlight at all. And I never drilled any holes in the bottom of the bucket so even with planting shade plants the water just sat in the bottom of the bucket and the plants didn’t thrive.
I finally decided to just use faux flowers in the planter this year but it fell apart before I could do that.
However, on a recent trip to Hobby Lobby I found a great replacement for the bucket. Remaking this modern house number sign was a great project for this month’s ‘Do It Over’ Designers challenge.
At Hobby Lobby, I found a wood craft project – at half price – for a vintage truck design with 5 different cutouts for each season for the bed of the truck.
There is a wood cutout for Spring, Summer, 4th of July, Fall, and Christmas.
A vintage truck is perfect for some of the vintage décor I already have in my home, and on my custom mailbox decorations. Never mind the fact that we still have a 1960 vintage Ford truck in our garage – although in pieces at the moment.
These cutouts were very easy to paint with acrylic paints. I added in the line details with craft markers to finish off the look of each one.
In just an afternoon, while binge watching a Netflix show, the wood cutouts were painted and detailed.
This was such an easy project and only cost me $4.50 to remake the modern house number sign for my front door.
Before attaching the truck cutout to the wood canvas, I quickly sprayed each piece with two coats of Minwax Polycrylic spray in Satin Finish to seal them against the weather. Thankfully we had some days with some beautiful weather and I could spray the cutouts outside.
The vintage truck cutout was made to either hang on a wall or on a wreath and had a length of twine as the hanger.
But I didn’t want it to hang on the wood canvas but instead needed some sort of way to attach it and still be able to slide in the different truck bed cutouts.
I found the solution by using a small piece of trim leftover from the renovations of our modern sunroom last year. I glued the square piece to the back of the truck cutout and then glued that to the wood canvas sign using a combination of Gorilla Glue and hot glue.
By using the trim piece to attach the wood truck cutout, it extends the cutout away from the actual wood canvas backboard. I think it makes the truck really stand out and gives the whole sign a three dimensional effect.
And of course the first insert for the truck bed I am using is the one with colorful Spring flowers.
I hope this time our modern house number sign lasts more than two years, but if not, I haven’t spent a lot of money on the makeover either way. For now it is on our front porch with the painted pallet sign I made several years ago.
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Now I would like to invite you to visit all of the other talented bloggers who participated in this month’s ‘Do It Over’ Designer’s Challenge.
You are sure to find some great inspiration for your home.
Hugs,
Matthew 6:34 “Therefore don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
Donna, Thanks for sharing over at the Creative Crafts Linky Party! We will be featuring you this week, starting on Wednesday! Have a great week! CHEERS! Team Creative Crafts
That is awesome! Thanks Beth.
Such a cute sign! I just love the truck!
Thanks Alexandra
That’s a sweet makeover. I loved the sign before with the flowers but if the conditions are not good for plants to thrive I’m thinking dead or dying plants is not the look you are going for!! This should last a while I would think, especially as it’s under a covered porch for a little protection from the elements.
What a wonderful house number, I make a new one every few years. I will be trying something like this next.
Aww, love the little truck! So cute!
This sign makeover is too cute and adorable, Donna! You struck gold when you found the wood vintage truck with seasonal cutouts! You can easily update for the seasons! So cool!
What a great save for your house number sign. I love that you can switch out the decor in the back of the truck for the seasons!
I love your new house number sign, Donna. That little piece of trim is perfect for adding dimension and I love that you can change the look for each season!
Oh my goodness, you had me at red truck!! SO cute.
What a cute way to brighten up your entryway – Very clever! Happy Spring!
I love the update Donna and I think things happen for a reason; you were meant to craft this cool update! That 3D effect is perfect. Hubs actually owns the oldest VW truck ever brought to Canada so I’m thinking a number update might just be in our future too.