Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Pottery Barnwood

I'll give you a little sneak peek of what I'm currently working on... Does this look familiar? It's in PB's new fall catalog of decorating vintage style, which of course I love! I loved this horse wall art, but I'm not really a horse person. So, it got me thinking...

I have a ton of wood pulled down from the walls of our house. Most we plan to use for flooring, but we had salvaged a bunch of smaller pieces for me to use for crafty projects like such.
I got to work quilting together some of the wood, piecing them together so that the seams wouldn't match and it would look like we had taken it straight off the wall in one unit.
After I nailed them into a thin piece of luan plywood, I freehanded a favorite place of mine and home for 21 years onto the boards getting braver each time beginning with a pencil, pen and finally a paint pen.
Once I was happy with the final product, I took some leftover ceiling paint and painted everything but Alaska. I absolutely would not use the pen again to trace as it was bleeding through every coat of paint. After about 4 coats of paint, I finally learned my lesson and put primer on. Why do I always do that??? After a few more coats of primer, I was happy with the final product and really this isn't even the final product! We still need to cut it down to square size and I plan to distress it a little like the PB version. $199.00 saved and I got exactly what I wanted!

10 comments:

  1. that is UNREAL! i love it and am totally coveting your craftiness. Father, forgive me!

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  2. Whoa. That just blows me AWAY Nat. It's almost like you don't have two babies and a husband sucking up all your time.

    Congratulations, it turned out so incredible,

    Katie

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  3. You're amazing Nat...enough said! :) Will you come with me to Africa and decorate my house?!

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  4. You so crafty!! :) I want to come and see the house soon! And I want to craft together!! And thift. Or just hangout. I'll accept any of the above :)

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  5. Wow! Amazing. You did that free hand? What a talent.

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  6. WOW! You never seem to surprise me..move back to AK for a while and teach me some tricks!

    Kathleen

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  7. That's pretty good free-handing....

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  8. wow Nat! you truly are so talented! i love peeking in and seeing what you're up to. you know when it's all finished i'm gonna have to invite myself down. :)

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  9. I love the idea! You could open up your own shop and sell personalized items for each customer. Or market your stuff to Cracker Barrell. How do you find the time? Love, Mom

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  10. SO smart! I really miss having your creative genius in Raleigh!

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