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How to Make a Stenciled Sign for The Laundry Room

August 9, 2017 By: Linda @ Mixed Kreations8 Comments

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Hi All! Today I am going to share with you how to make a stenciled sign for the laundry room. This is one of the stencils out of the $10 pack I purchased at Walmart.

Stenciled Sign for The Laundry Room

I painted this sign in black because latelt I’ve been want to make some things up in black. But I think that this sign would look great hanging in any laundry room, and the colors can be customized to match the room.

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Material List for Laundry Sign

3 Cedar fence pickets 15” in length
Wood aging solution
Waverly black chalk paint
Stencil – Wash Dry Fold Repeat
White Acrylic paint
Paint brush
Stencil brush
2 Thin strips of trim 14” in length
Screws 1”
Wire (I use annealed wire in a lot of my projects)
Wire cutters
Pliers
Miter saw (Love my Miter Saw)
Screw driver
Drill and countersink bit (I have a Ryobi drill I use and love it)
Palm sander

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First cut your wood pickets to 15” lengths, and your trim approximately 14” in length.

Use your sander to smooth out the rough spots on the picket to make the surface smooth for painting.

I’m sorry but once again I got in a hurry and didn’t get photos of some of the steps. But it’s pretty simple so I can just walk you through the steps.

Lay your pickets side by side with the smoother sides facing down and the rougher sides facing up because these will be the back of your sign.

Mark off where you need to predrill your holes on your trim. This will keep the trim from splitting when you screw them down to the back of your sign. The trim is going to hold the laundry sign together.

Use a countersink drill bit.

Stenciled Sign for The Laundry Room

Now add some wood glue to the back side of the trim, lay it in place over the three pickets then screw it down. Do the same for the other piece of trim.

Stenciled Sign for The Laundry Room

Next, I painted my boards with black chalk paint leaving some of the wood showing through.

Stenciled Sign for The Laundry Room

Once dry I gave my laundry sign a quick sanding to knock off some of the paint. Then I added some wood aging solution on the parts of the wood that is showing through, and on the edges.

Now center the stencil onto your wood sign, then use white paint and a stencil brush to stencil in the letters.

Stenciled Sign for The Laundry Room

Now flip your stenciled sign for the laundry room over and add some hanging hardware. Instructions for making your own hanging hardware.

You may want to predrill these holes as well so yours doesn’t split on you like mine did.

Of course, you could add a sawtooth hook instead. But I like making my own when possible. The hanging hardware is sturdier, and stronger for a large sign.

Stenciled Sign for The Laundry Room

That’s all there is to making a stenciled sign for the laundry room. Do you have any signs in your laundry room that you’ve made?

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how to make a stenciled laundry sign out of a fence picket.

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  1. Wendi@H2OBungalow says

    August 13, 2017 at 7:36 am

    Good tutorial on making a fun sign! I know the feeling of the repeat part too… It never feels like we are done with laundry in my house! Pinned 🙂

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    • Linda @ Mixed Kreations says

      August 17, 2017 at 6:06 pm

      Thank you Wendi! I know what you mean about the repeat, it feels like I never get done in my house as well. Thanks so much for pinning!

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  2. Mary says

    August 14, 2017 at 11:57 am

    That is such a pretty sign Linda. I am especially impressed with the way you put the back together. And the wire like that. It is a pretty stencil. And now that I saw your list I realized I need a stencil brush.

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    • Linda @ Mixed Kreations says

      August 17, 2017 at 6:03 pm

      Thank you Mary! I use the wire this way on all my heavier signs.

      I do like my stencil brush a lot better than the sponge brush, because the sponge brush tents to bleed under more then the bristle brush does.

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  3. michelle says

    August 15, 2017 at 8:27 am

    Love the sign Linda and it’s so appropriate for a laundry room, not my favorite room in the house BTW 😉 It seems no matter how often I wash, dry and fold those cloths are making babies while I’m not looking. Does that happen to you too?

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    • Linda @ Mixed Kreations says

      August 24, 2017 at 10:41 am

      Thanks Michelle! It’s not my favorite room either. Having to wear a uniform to work, and every day clothes with I get home, and the hubby wearing dress clothes to work. It’s like we have twice the amount of clothes. ):

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    • Linda @ Mixed Kreations says

      August 24, 2017 at 10:41 am

      Thanks Michelle! It’s not my favorite room either. Having to wear a uniform to work, and every day clothes with I get home, and the hubby wearing dress clothes to work. It’s like we have twice the amount of clothes. ):

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