Repurposed Sign Made From 100 Year Old Flooring

This repurposed sign could not have turned out any cuter and the supplies I used to make it happen, make me love it even more! 

This Happy Home sign made from 100-year-old wood flooring started with a trip to a Restore Restyle Store. We have one of these stores in the city where we live, but the store that is 45 minutes from our home is so much better. They have so many great architectural pieces from old homes and buildings. I am not able to get there a lot, but when I do, I take advantage of browsing through everything they have.

This time around, I picked through their bargain bin and came home with a lot of random things. For this sign, I used some hardwood flooring (from a 100-year-old house) and some triangles cut from other wood found in the same house.

All the hardwood flooring was cut the same size. This made it so easy to make the sign because all we had to do was add some scrap wood to the back to hold it all together.

Once they were all together, I sanded the flooring to remove the finish and expose the raw wood.

I chose the Broadside Alpha and Patessiere Alpha Stencil Masks to make the words on this sign.

These Stencil-Masks are AMAZING! They have officially made my “sign-making” tasks so much easier.

The process could not be easier. I put the letters where I wanted them and made sure to press down around the edges so the paint didn’t seep underneath the stencils. Then, I painted the sign.

Moment of truth………

Viola! It worked! And, it looks amazing! My favorite part….. the stencils are reusable! I just put them back on their plastic sheet and wiped them off with a baby wipe. Ready to use for my next project.

I used the wood triangles I picked up for an arrow on the sign.

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This sign is full of character and charm. It holds tons of history from 100 years ago (just think of what those hardwood floors have seen). Now, it speaks to the present and future being hung in our home. It is the best of both worlds.

The entire process of making this sign (from shopping to hanging it) was pure joy for me.

Don’t have time to make your own sign? I found some cute options online:

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