Wednesday, December 28, 2011

The Second Noel

This is another Pottery Barn knockoff and is SUPER easy. Here's what I based the inspiration on:
http://www.potterybarn.com/products/noel-wall-art/

It was of course one million dollars and also is now no longer available. No sweat!

See tutorial below.

Step 1:
Purchase wood block letters to spell N-O-E-L from your local craft store (don't worry, if they are missing letter's to spell Noel, grab letters to spell Leon--they will work for this project as well). The wood letters were less than $1 at the craft store!

Step 2:
Lay out the letters to prep for spray painting. You can spray paint any color, but I chose "Hammered" Black spray paint to give the letters a textured look and to try to match the Pottery Barn piece for the purpose of this knock off.


Step 3:
Spray paint thoroughly and let dry.

Step 4:
Once the paint is dry flip the letters over and arrange as desired. The trickiest part of this step is making sure the "O" has a solid place to connect to the "N" so the piece is not wobbly once you are finished.

Step 5:
Using small pieces of thin scrap wood Gorilla glue the letters together at solid connecting points. Let the glue dry overnight and...HARK!

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