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Thrift Store, Home Decor, Pray Sign Makeover

April 6, 2015 By: Linda @ Mixed Kreations15 Comments

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This is one of my thrift store finds, a metal Pray sign. Once I got the sign home I decided all it needed was a little paint and some distressing to make it stand out.

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Thrift Store, Home Decor, Pray Sign Makeover

Here it is after two coats of Anne Sloans chalk paint, and using the wet distressing technique.

thrift store find makeover

I think it looks much better, but it still needs a little something else. What do you think? Should I distress it a little heavier? What would you do?

This was going to my booth, but when the hubby seen my pray sign makeover he claimed it.

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  1. Ashley says

    April 7, 2015 at 5:26 pm

    That looks lovely! I like it the way it is, but it would also be nice with a little more distress-ing. 😀
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    • Linda @ Mixed Kreations says

      April 8, 2015 at 5:49 pm

      Thank you Ashley, I was thinking maybe I would just distress it some more. Hopefully that will do it. Thanks for stopping by!
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  2. Mary says

    April 14, 2015 at 12:14 pm

    I’m stopping by from finding your post on Treasure Box Tuesday. I am a thrift store shopper and love it when a find can be transformed. I think your piece is very sweet but if you wanted to a little more distressing may add a little more dimension. I just recently painted a pair of nesting tables with chalk paint– my first time using it. I’m a milk paint user. I very much liked the ease of the application and its coverage. I posted it on the link up if you would like to take a look, Well done
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    • Linda @ Mixed Kreations says

      April 15, 2015 at 4:24 pm

      Thank you Mary! It is fun transforming something old into something new, giving it a new purpose in life. I will hop on over and checkout your nesting tables. Thanks for stopping by!

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  3. Mary-the boondocks blog says

    August 28, 2016 at 10:45 am

    Linda this was a marvelous redo. It looks so much better now. The white makes the writing pop and we can really read it now. Before it was hard to make out the writing. I love the distressing on it, it now has loads of character. Did you eventually add more distressing or leave it as it is?

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    • Linda @ Mixed Kreations says

      August 28, 2016 at 2:39 pm

      When I bought it I wasn’t sure what I was going to do with it, but I knew I couldn’t pass it up. The hubby suggested painting it that color, and he liked it so much he took it and hung it up in the dinning area as soon as it was dry. No I haven’t done anything else since he hung it up. It was going to the craft booth, but not anymore.

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  4. Kim says

    August 29, 2016 at 8:12 am

    Great transformation. You could hardly see the letters before. It looks fabulous.

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    • Linda @ Mixed Kreations says

      September 6, 2016 at 6:38 am

      Thank you Kim! Funny how a little paint and distressing can make something stand out when before you could hardly see it.

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  5. michelle says

    September 9, 2017 at 12:48 am

    That’s a huge improvement, now you can see what it says and the way you’ve distressed it is just perfect Linda

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    • Linda @ Mixed Kreations says

      September 14, 2017 at 2:40 pm

      Thanks Michelle! I thought that it would help the word pray stand out better, guess it worked. LOL 😉

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  6. FLORENCE @ VintageSouthernPicks says

    September 9, 2017 at 8:02 am

    I think you did a great job & I like it just like it is. Love the sign! I can see why your hubby claimed it.

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    • Linda @ Mixed Kreations says

      September 14, 2017 at 2:38 pm

      Thank you Florence! He has claimed lots of things that I’ve made. I pulled a large tray thingy that I was going to take to my booth and decided that I would go ahead and slap some paint on it then paint gather on it. And I haven’t even finished it yet, he has already claimed it, and has a spot picked out for it. LOL

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