{"id":2090,"date":"2016-06-12T20:51:58","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T02:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/?p=2090"},"modified":"2016-06-12T22:58:17","modified_gmt":"2016-06-13T04:58:17","slug":"old-fence-boards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/?p=2090","title":{"rendered":"Old fence boards"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IMG_20160509_133253976\"<\/a>Back in May we had a major wind storm that blew a big portion of our fence down breaking some of the fence boards.\u00a0 Instead of throwing them out I wanted to use them somehow. I asked my husband to make me a flat plank out of them so I could make it into a flag.<\/p>\n

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This is what he gave me. He even sanded it down for me.<\/p><\/div>\n

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This is the back of the plank. You can see what the fence boards looked like before sanding.<\/p><\/div>\n

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This was perfect. I’ve seen the flags made out of pallets and I think they are cute but a little tacky with all the spaces and only a few stars on them. I’m not trying to offend anyone this is just my personal preference. I wanted something that looked closer to a real flag.<\/p>\n

I started with white washing the whole board. I chose a white wash because I really liked the look of the grain of wood and wanted it to show through a little. We had some extra paint from the chicken coop my husband build a few months ago so that is the paint I used.<\/p>\n

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paint from the coop<\/p><\/div>\n

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White wash. 1 part paint and 2 parts water.<\/p><\/div>\n

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paint the board and then wipe with paper towel.<\/p><\/div>\n

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finished white washed board.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Then I cut out stars out of contact paper. I have a slice machine which made this easy. You could use a die cutter too. If you’re really dedicated you could cut them out by hand. I’ve also seen people stamp them on. I laid the stars out how I wanted them and then tediously peeled the backs off and stuck them to the board. I used a big craft stick to press them firmly on the board.<\/p>\n

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Stars cut out of contact paper<\/p><\/div>\n

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Star lay out<\/p><\/div>\n

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After they are applied I taped a boarder.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Next I went to home depot and got a sample can of dark blue paint for under $3. I did a wash on this paint too. 1 part paint to 2 parts water. I then applied it and wiped it off with a paper towel. I did this a couple of times until I got the look I wanted. I then waited for it to dry and took the stars off and the tape.<\/p>\n

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After I applied the blue paint.<\/p><\/div>\n

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After I took the boarder tape off.<\/p><\/div>\n

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After I took the stars off.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The blue paint bled a little into the white so I touched up a little with some white paint. My son thought I should leave a little of the blue paint on the stars because it gave it a rustic look so I did. Next I had to tape the border around the blue again to allow the red stripes to touch the blue. I measured and taped the 13 stripes. My planks height was 19 1\/2 inches which made a nice 1 1\/2 inch stripe for 13 stripes.<\/p>\n

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I used a wash on the red paint too. Again 1 part paint to 2 parts water. I did a couple of coats.<\/p><\/div>\n

After it dried I took the tape off and Voila it was done. The red bled somewhat into the white. I left it because I wasn’t that picky about it. It kind of left it looking a little rough. Over all I like how it turned out. Now I have a little decoration for the 4th of July!<\/p>\n

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After I took all the tape off.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Finished flag.<\/p><\/div>\n

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What a great use out of old fence boards!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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