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The Burlap BOO Sign

October 10, 2012 By Vidya 6 Comments

Or should I call this post, How to cover up a painting? ‘Cause that’s what I set out to do. We went from this;

The Burlap BOO Sign

To this, 

The Burlap BOO Sign

Notice how different the paint color looks in the pics? It is the same paint color, Sherwin Williams Latte. The pics were taken at diff times of the day! It never ceases to amaze me to see how much the paint color changes with the amount of light in the room!

So how did I cover up my summery oil painting? All it took was a poster board (the thicker kind), actually my daughter’s ‘how to skate tutorial’ project from last year ;), some cardboard, and burlap.

  • First, I measured the size of the sign that I wanted. My poster board was not big enough to cover the painting. So I stapled on some cardboard cut to size to make up for it. 

The Burlap BOO Sign

  • I got 1.5 yards of burlap (was on sale) from JoAnn’s,wrapped it around the poster board/ cardboard, and stapled the sides.
The Burlap BOO Sign
  • Surprisingly the regular stapler worked better than the industrial one. Would have been so much easier if the whole sign was made of cardboard, which was thinner than the poster board.
  • Wrap the edges like you would a present. I think I might have used maybe a yard of the burlap.
  • I then printed out the B and Os and used those as a template to cut out the letters from thin poster board (left over from the sunburst mirror project). I wanted the letters to have some weight and not be flimsy, hence the poster board. For the bats, I just used the print outs.
The Burlap BOO Sign
  • A few rounds of black spray paint (on the letters) later;
The Burlap BOO Sign
  • I used the extra pins from cork board map to secure the letters to the sign. The bat on the top is glued on to a cloth pin while the one on the bottom is glued directly onto the burlap with craft glue.
  • I used picture hanging wire that we had at hand as my hanging hardware for the sign.

The Burlap BOO Sign

  • We attached the two ends to the hanging loops on the painting (see below pic). B was gracious enough to take down the painting and help with this part.;) Would have killed me to do it alone.

The Burlap BOO Sign

  • We then hung the painting back in its spot.
  • It took us almost 10 minutes of fiddling to get the sign to hang correctly. This was easily the toughest part of the project!

The Burlap BOO Sign

And all it cost me was $4.73 for the burlap, which I can use a million other ways!

Do you decorate for fall? Would love to hear/see what you all do.

PS: The sign doesn’t fit snugly into the frame. The bottom rests on the inside of the frame  while there is a small gap on the top ’cause of the way it hangs.

Partying @

The Burlap BOO Sign

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Comments

  1. Trinity B. says

    October 10, 2012 at 7:20 am

    Love your Boo Picture-very clever! I’m so with you on the paint colors- light absolutely changes the look. That’s why my living room (with basically a wall of windows), is still not painted. You should see the difference between what I find in the store and how it looks on my wall. Frustrating. Thanks for sharing your project! I have most of these materials at home and just may try it out myself.

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    • whatsurhomestory says

      October 10, 2012 at 10:09 am

      Thank you Trinity. Oh ya, that can be frustrating. The gray paint in the office room does that too, takes on a slightly brownish tone at night which I’m not crazy about. But the SW August Moon in the living and dining takes on a warm glow with the evening sun which I love. So I guess it can go both ways. Good luck on choosing the right color for your walls. Would love to see how your search ends and also how the project turns out. For Thanksgiving I’m planning to replace the BOO with something else. Love how versatile the sign is.

      Vidya

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  2. [email protected] says

    October 12, 2012 at 1:15 pm

    sooo cute! I am obsessed with burlap right now (i guess, along with every other crafter, lol). Thanks so much for linking up last week. We hope that you’ll come back today and link up some more projects!
    http://www.oneprojectcloser.com/the-humble-brag-link-party-2/

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    • whatsurhomestory says

      October 12, 2012 at 2:51 pm

      Thanks for hopping over Joice. Yup same here. Thinking up ways to reuse that burlap.

      Vidya

      Reply
  3. Kerry says

    October 17, 2012 at 5:20 pm

    Bats, boo and burlap — very cute combo!

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    • whatsurhomestory says

      October 17, 2012 at 11:48 pm

      Thank you Kerry. Thanks for dropping by. Checking out your blog right now.

      Vidya

      Reply

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