Back when we revealed the playroom, I had no idea what a wonderful response I’d get. You guys were so kind, so encouraging, and the room wasn’t totally finished yet! (If you haven’t seen it yet, you can read about that here)
There’s not too much left to do, but one of the things I needed to tackle before the Cottages and Bungalow’s shoot was the big, glaring, blank space over the storage unit Matt built.
Of course, my love for typography made me fall in love with these Pottery Barn wall plaques….
They seemed like the perfect fit for our wall, and another place to display words of meaning for our children. The next day, my friend Ashley from Pure + Lovely wrote a post on her own DIY version, and I was even more convinced this was the way we were going.
I’m running around like a chicken with my head cut off (gotta love that southern slang) for today, so I snapped these for ya last night.
This is my SUPER easy, lazy version. You know, the “I don’t want to cut enough paper to make it all match up on every single board” version.
I grabbed a few boards from the garage. As I was working on them, Matt asked me if I had a secret stash of perfectly-cut boards for all my projects.
Maybe, honey.
😉
After painting a quick coat of white, I cut my paper to fit….I used separate pieces on a couple and one solid piece on the others.
Then I pulled out my best crafty friend….
I found it was best to apply the mod podge directly to the back of the paper rather than the board. This cut down on any bubbles or wrinkles.
After choosing our words, which I can tell already I’ll add to, I stenciled them on with 4 inch stencils.
Painted in with a white paint pen, and voila!
Can I interject again that I LOVE this wall color. It turned out exactly like I envisioned…it’s the perfect wash of aqua, bright and fun, but not overpowering.
(Valspar’s Sea Breath)
Had to add a couple snapshots of my favorite beach dwellers in the collage.
I technically haven’t sealed them with mod podge again, but oh well, we’ll handle that tomorrow.
I’m worn out….too much cleaning in one week for me.
But lots of projects to share with you.
🙂
Wish the house luck!
I’m sure I’ll be nervous-tweeting all day, so come hang out a while.
🙂
Shauna these are adorable!!! Love this idea and I may try it for our playroom. Where do you find the 4 inch stencils?
Love them!! What a great idea to brighten up a wall! I will have to remember this for my daughters room!
Those look so cute and fresh in the room! Just adorable. Love the quick and easy way you did them. Don' be nervous, you will melt them with your southern drawl.
love this… you make it looks so easy. my problem is I am stencil challenged for sure 😉
get on with your bad-a** craftin' self! 😉 i love these shaunna! they are so happy and bright and perfect in your playroom!
This is fabulous! What a wonderful space for the kids!
this is SO fantastic!
Bookmarked! Such a beautiful craft! I love making things that look 100% like they cost a lot at a store =) knockoff are my absolute favorite =)
They look fabulous Shaunna! You have created such a wonderful playroom for your children. So much love and creativity is being put into it.
These are fun and look fabulous! I love your play room. That color is gorgeous on your walls. Very fresh and serene.
The words look great! And I love the fonts and paper you chose. Everything looks so clean and fresh. I love it!
Oh my gosh! It is BEAUTIFUL! You won't want them to make a mess in it now 🙂
Good luck!!! It all looks awesome Shaunna! GREAT job!!!!!!!!!!!
Beautiful! You did a great job!! How do you do the stencils? I can't find 4" anywhere.
STUNNING! I love the use of muted colors and anything PB but cheaper IS FABULOUS!!!
I am painting our master bedroom a creamy white, and picked "Sea Breath" as the ceiling color. Typed in: Valspar paint Sea breath, and came across this blog.