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    Home » Make A Love Letter Sign With Reclaimed Hardware

    Make A Love Letter Sign With Reclaimed Hardware

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    Reclaim And Repurpose

    This DIY love letter sign is made completely from salvaged wood and reclaimed hardware.

    DIY Love Letters Junk Project Petticoat Junktion

    DIY Love Letters

    The letter blocks stand on their own like shelf sitters. That means the hubby did a good job of cutting the wood.

    sanding wood Petticoat Junktion

    I gathered the boards from a construction site a couple of years ago. Better to be used than to go to the landfill…right. I used a sanding block to smooth the rough edges on the wood.

    junk stash

    Now to find just the right combination of hardware to make the love letters. As you can see I have a large stash of reclaimed metal of all kinds.

    junk treasures Petticoat Junktion

    After digging through my junk stuff I came up with these pieces to make my “love letters”.

    turquoise paints Petticoat Junktion

    The letters needed a colorful background to showcase the dark rusty metal pieces. I pulled a couple of colors from the paint shelf and decided on the deep turquoise color

    dry brush paiting Petticoat Junktion

    And then I dry brushed a the light aqua over the wood. See how it highlights the coarse areas of the wood?

    love letter sign

    love letter sign

    Finding screws just the right size is sometimes the hardest part of this type project. The screw heads have to be large enough not to slip through the holes and the screws have to be short enough not to come through the back of the wood.

    I first adhered all the hardware pieces with hot glue. The glue held everything in place so no slipping up when I drilled the holes for the screws.

    putting projects together Petticoat Junktion

    I'm a hot mess when putting these projects together. The workshop is always a disaster.

    turquoise junky love sign Petticoat Junktion

    The love letter blocks make me smile. I can see them on my fireplace from my seat on the couch.

    For more reclaim ideas check out my horseshoe and quilt sign here.....A Horseshoe For Good Luck And Red Hearts For Love.

    Also take a look at the stenciled heart sign. Later this week is Furniture Fixer Upper Day and wait until you see the sideboard makeover! Thanks for being here, Kathy

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    1. ROSE LEFEBVRE

      January 23, 2020 at 5:32 pm

      I love these unique pieces you create from such odd things.

      Reply
    2. Sharon Girvin-Davison

      January 20, 2020 at 11:00 am

      Love the love!

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    3. Bobb

      January 20, 2020 at 4:56 am

      How ingenious is this! You never cease to amaze me Kathy!

      Reply
    4. Trish

      March 05, 2015 at 9:39 am

      love this!

      Reply
    5. Audra @ Renewed Projects

      January 29, 2015 at 10:14 pm

      Totally amazing! I have an infatuation with turquoise and love the rusty pieces you added to spell LOVE. So beautiful and fun!

      Reply
    6. Andrew

      January 25, 2015 at 8:34 am

      Wonderful. Great job!
      Did they stand up on their own? They seem like they may be front-heavy. Is there a trick to making them stand without falling forward?

      Reply
      • Kathy Owen

        January 25, 2015 at 8:48 am

        Good eye for detail Andrew. The L and E were font heavy. I added the little bolt inside the hinge on the E and the head of the bolt was just the right depth to make the E stand up. For the L I had to add some glue dots to the bottom to make it stand up. Thanks for the comment!!

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    7. Dee

      January 22, 2015 at 12:13 am

      I really like this, Kathy! I have lots of wood but that's it -- otherwise, I would try this in a heartbeat! 🙂

      Reply
    8. [email protected] of a Serial Do-it-Yourselfer

      January 21, 2015 at 3:18 pm

      I love these, Kathy!! Pinning and sharing 🙂

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      • Kathy Owen

        January 21, 2015 at 6:36 pm

        Thank you Christy!

        Reply
    9. Kathy

      January 20, 2015 at 7:50 pm

      Love this! It's fantastic!

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    10. mary scott

      January 20, 2015 at 7:11 pm

      This is so darling! LOVE it!! 😎

      Reply
    11. chris aka monkey

      January 20, 2015 at 10:00 am

      i love these they are adorable with out being all cutesy like them better than the heart xx

      Reply

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