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Days Til Christmas Sign

December 9, 2020 By: Linda @ Mixed Kreations6 Comments

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Hi All! Can’t believe another year has flown by so fast and Christmas is almost here again. Last year I had planned on making a Days Til Christmas Sign but never gotten around to it. Wasn’t even sure how I wanted to make it. While digging through the shed recently I came across this chair that I picked up at a yard sale about 3 or 4 years ago. My plan was to fix the front broken piece, repaint, and recover the seat but never got around to it. Now taking another look at it I decided it would make a cute Days Til Christmas sign by cutting the chairs back off. So that is exactly what I did and now I have four other pieces to repurpose as well.

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Days Til Christmas Sign

First, I cut the back of the chair off. The piece that I will be making my Christmas sign out of. Next came the back legs with the back portion of the seat, and the front section with the front portion of the seat, two side pieces were also saved to repurpose at a later date.

Days Til Christmas sign

The chair back got a good cleaning than a base coat of green chalk paint. I didn’t have any dark green chalk paint so I used the green I had on hand because chalk paint adheres easily to varnished surfaces without any prepping. I will go back over it with darker green acrylic paint.

Days Til Christmas sign decor

How to Days Til Christmas sign

Once the base coat was completely dry, I went back over it with two coats of Hunter green.

Days Til Christmas sign decor

Days Til Christmas sign decor

Next, I used carbon paper and added the working for my chair back sign.

How to Days Til Christmas sign

Using a fine paintbrush and white paint I went over my letters.

Days Til Christmas sign decor

When everything was thoroughly dry, I added a little detail work with a fine tip brush. The red dots were added using a stylus.

Days Til Christmas sign decor

Three coats of chalkboard paint were used in the oval portion of the chair.

Days Til Christmas sign decor

A quick burlap bag was made using hot glue to hold a piece of chalk.

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Oh, I did go back and add some smudges of black here and there and sanded the edges giving the sign the rustic style that I love.

Days Til Christmas sign decor

Before the chalkboard could be used it needs some prepping by covering it completely chalk, then remove the chalk with a soft cloth.

Days Til Christmas sign decor

Now I can add the number of days til Christmas on my chair back sign (when I completed this sign and took photos there were 32 days til Christmas). The burlap chalk bag was secured using jute on the bag, and that’s it. Not so sure I like the little bit of detail work. What do you think?

Days Til Christmas sign decor

Supplies for Days Til Christmas Sign

Old wooden chair back
Chalk paint (preferably dark green)
Hunter Green acrylic if you don’t have dark green chalk paint
White, red acrylic paint
Fine paintbrush
Stylus
Burlap
Jute
Hot glue
Sandpaper
Black chalkboard paint
Carbon paper
Pencil

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  1. Mary formerly of the boondocks says

    December 10, 2020 at 11:31 am

    Linda that is such a clever idea. Not only did you repurpose that old chair but you used it in such a smart way. Merry Christmas dear friend.

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    • Linda @ Mixed Kreations says

      December 21, 2020 at 9:00 am

      Thank you Mary! It does make an unusual Christmas count down sign. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you my friend. 🙂

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  2. Michelle says

    December 10, 2020 at 11:11 pm

    What a great find! It was just perfect for this project. It looks amazing!

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    • Linda @ Mixed Kreations says

      December 21, 2020 at 8:58 am

      Thanks Michelle! 🙂

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  3. Michelle Leslie says

    December 13, 2020 at 7:33 am

    What a great way to repurpose the chair back. It has such a pretty shape. And I think the little detail works. It’s a great spot to store the chalk too.
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    • Linda @ Mixed Kreations says

      December 21, 2020 at 8:55 am

      Thanks Michelle! I think that the chair back made a pretty cute Christmas count down sign.

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