Siding turned into Signs

Back when we replaced the siding on the goat barn, I had Mike store some of the old barn siding.
I told him I had big plans for it (he lovingly rolled his eyes and left me a pile of it in the workshop!)

Sorry- name has been blocked :o)

The first sign I created was to put on the front of the goat barn, which is also home to the chicken coop.
I thought it would be cute, and I love alliteration!




I bought a pack of stencils and used some old white paint that I had left over from the driveway sign.  The red was the original barn siding color.  It had faded into almost a pink, but had just the right amount of chippy-ness for a rustic farmyard feel. Once the white lettering was dry, I used a clear spray paint sealer (also left over from the driveway sign).  As I hoped, the clear coat made the red more vibrant, instead of  faded pink.

When I held it up to the barn, if felt lost with the red-on-red.  So Mike pulled a piece of the old barn door out of the scrap pile to use as a background.  I painted it white for contrast.

While I was thinking of the chickens, I made a couple of signs for when we have eggs to sell.

Mike is going to attach them to a metal post that we can stick into the ground at the end of the driveway on days that we have eggs available (though that probably won't be until around September).