Farmhouse Style Letter Board with Changeable Letters
Create your own Farmhouse Style Letter Board! Letter boards are a really fun way to express yourself with music lyrics, quotes, announcements, and so much more. Swap out the letters to create your own messages! See how I made this into a farmhouse style from an original letter board.
Makes 1 board
What You Will Need
- Wooden letter board any size
- Sandpaper or a sanding block
- Flat grey spray paint for plastic
- Clear coat spray paint
- Black acrylic paint
- Silver acrylic paint
- Foam brush
- Small paint brushes
- Damp napkins/paper towels
Instructions
- Sand the wood frame lightly and then wipe the dust away with a soft cloth. Push card stock up underneath the edge of the letter board frame all the way around, to protect the white center of the board.
- Then, give the frame a good coat of black paint, let it dry, and apply a second coat. At this point, you can carefully remove your cardstock (if you don’t, and the paint dries, it is much harder to remove all the paper cleanly from the frame).
- Allow the paint to thoroughly dry then take your sandpaper sanding block and wear away some of your paint. Once you are happy with the distressing of your frame, mask the felt again and give it a coat or two of clear spray to keep it from chipping anymore.
- In between drying coats of paint on the frame, apply two coats of flat gray paint.
- After your base coat is dry, take silver acrylic paint and use a small watercolor paintbrush to apply it in random spots over the letters and dab some off with a dry paper towel.
- Once this coat has dried, you want to do the same thing with black paint but more subtly. I watered mine down a bit and wiped away the majority of the black with a damp napkin. Using the three colors gives your faux galvanized finish some dimension and helps it look more realistic.
- Finally, add a coat or two of clear to your letters to keep them from chipping.