DIY Vintage Bakery Sign Tutorial

I love the Farmhouse look right now and knew I wanted to try and recreate
a look a like sign that Joanna Gaines has in her kitchen!
This is an EASY DIY that you can start and finish in one day.
I made 4 one afternoon…so making one is definitely possible!
You can follow the 5 easy steps below to create any old looking wooden sign.
I made some that said MARKET and some that said BAKERY.
FIVE EASY STEPS! This is a DIY you can do. You will then want to make all the signs.
That’s what I’m doing now. haha.

First things first, supplies!
The best part about this DIY….you don’t even have to cut the wood.
Grab the long piece at Home Depot and if you ask nicely they can cut it for you!
Don’t worry about going for the really expensive wood, the cheaper pine does the trick.

SUPPLIES:
+42 1/2 Piece of Pine Wood.
(We bought a long piece, and had enough wood for two signs and a little wood leftover,
which I made into a smaller sign!
+ Min Wax Special Walnut Stain
+Rust-Oleum Chalk Paint in Linen
+A cheap big brush for chalk paint.
+ A cheap foam brush for the stain.
+ An old rag to wipe stain off with.
+Stencil (I bought ours at Target for 20% Off. They go on sale often.)
+Stenciling Brush (I got mine at Home Depot. Just a flat top brush, makes it easier!)
White Acrylic Paint ( Target)
Black Acrylic Paint (Target)

 

STEP ONE:
Sand your piece of wood so you don’t get splinters. Then bang it up.
I use a hammer and just rough it up a bit and ding the edges.
I don’t go crazy though. The wood already had some texture in it and the stain brings out the knots.
STEP TWO:
Stain your wood! I love MinWax Special Walnut, I also like their Dark Walnut.
Brush the stain on with the foam brush. Don’t worry about being too even..just get it on there!
Don’t forget the edges. Then just wipe it gently with the old rag to get off the extra.

STEP THREE:
Once the stain dries, which doesn’t take too long in the sun,
it’s time to dry brush with the Chalk paint!
Grab your old or new cheap brush. The crunchier the better.
I used it for a project with the chalk paint then left it out accidentally in
the sun for a bit so it got a little crunchy…. ended up loving how it went on! 
The whole idea of dry brushing is, getting paint on your brush, then dapping and
brushing most of it off onto a paper plate and going very light handed over the wood.
Now, I wanted to cover most of it… so I didn’t worry about being too light handed.
I wanted the black lettering to pop on the white.
You can just start light and see how you like it! Don’t forget the edges too.

STEP FOUR:
Once your paint has chalk paint dries, which is SO FAST, you are ready to stencil!
Like I said, I got these at Target on sale. I also grabbed their paint because I didn’t
feel like running to another store. Ended up loving the color options and it was on sale too.

This is what it looks like after the stencil is on! The key part to stenciling is to line
up the stencils just right….and then hold them down a bit when you are dabbing the paint on.
Make sure to paint in up and down motions.
You don’t want to swipe the paint or dab with a lot of paint because it could leak through the edges.
But really….you can’t mess this up. It’s supposed to look old! You can always touch it up with the chalk paint if needed.

STEP FIVE:
This is an optional step….If you have a hand sander you can run
over it a few times and get it to look even older! I love this part!

I’m really pleased with how the signs turned out…We have sold them and I plan on making a
similar version but larger and with a quote for our family room!
I’ll be sharing a photo of where we hung our bakery sign soon.
THIS IS A MUST TRY DIY. It’s so quick and you’ll feel so proud of yourself. ;)

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