Many of you have seen Ashley’s Reclaimed Wood Wall Art she did for above her couch a while back. I LOVE hers. In fact, every time I go to her house it makes me want to change the art above my couch as well!

So… I came up with this!

Here is how I made it!

I started with wood from Lowe’s. This is the great part…

I went ahead and bought 8′ pieces and cut them in half to save money. I used furring strips for mine. You can have Lowe’s or HD cut yours in half for you if you don’t have a saw. Or, you can also use a super cheap hand saw like THIS one. It’s really easy to cut this type of wood with a hand saw.

2 – 1×2″ furring strips

2-1×3″ furring strips

2- 1×4″ furring strips

My cost for wood was under $15!

Once mine were cut I laid them out like this…

Then I used 1/4″x 3′ birch project sticks to attach all the wood together. These can be found with the other birch boards and they were really cheap… Like $1.50 a piece.

I marked where I would lay my stick and then added a little Gorilla Wood Glue!

Then I nailed my sticks to the boards like this. If you don’t have a nailer you can also use wood screws! Just pre-drill your holes and attach the screw through all the boards.

Next, I flipped it over and gave it a coat of my very fav…

Here it is drying…

Next for the fun part!

I used my Silhouette machine and Contact paper to make my stencils. You can also buy your own stencils at a craft store or print your own letters and use a craft knife to cut them out with contact paper.

The font I used is called Arial Black.

I cut my L, V and E. I also used a heart shape that came with a set of 9 hearts on Silhouette Software.

You can see a detailed post on cutting Contact paper with the Silhouette HERE.

I lined my letters up first to make sure I liked it…

Then I put the outsides of the letters on to be my stencil. I used some acrylic cream and coral paint to add my letters.

My final step before I hung it up was to shanty it up a bit! I used an 80 grit sanding block to lightly distress each letter. I LOVE the results…

To hang it I had to get the hubby’s help! I just used 2 1/2″ drywall screws straight through the sign into the studs of the wall. I used three screws on the sign and it is super sturdy!

Want to see it up on the wall??