Signs of M

 

After buying all the wood to build the deck, it's good to get back to using leftovers. I stuffed our shed with pieces of wood from the old house, and have been using it for various things like the firewood shed, garden dividers, etc. M wanted a stand for a chalkboard sign at the driveway entrance where she can put various announcements about the aromatherapy salon. Finally got to use some of the wood from the old shelves, and then got into it enough to make a small sign for the gate at the top of the stairs coming up from the beach.

This sign above is one of the floorboards from the old house. It was black and gummy when I first started working on it (while it was still a floor, of course), and after so much sanding and waxing I had a hard time seeing it all go. I still have a number of these floorboards stacked in the shed, waiting for a project.

The first sign we put up a year or so ago is standing up well, though it's getting a bit weather beaten. This piece of wood wasn't from the house, but was washed up on the beach. We used to get a lot of driftwood washing up, but it seems like less these days.