French Menu Boards

My inspiration for these two bistro signs came from a French sidewalk cafe we visited in Charleston, South Carolina.  I love menu boards and went back after hours and photographed all the signs.  As with my two previous French cafe signs, I purchased my cabinet doors at the salvage yard click here for complete tutorial.  I pay very little for the actual materials to make these signs, but I make up for it in the amount of time I put into designing and lettering each piece.  If you want to duplicate this look, be prepared to put in some sweat equity and patience, and I promise you will be happy with the end result.

You can find the French wreaths at Bella Cottage click here.  I just went to their website, which was recently redesigned and I am not familiar with where they put the applique section, but there is a phone number to call.

This is how the cabinet doors started.

I painted them with a paint I had color matched to the Rustoleum Ivory Silk color.  I didn't want to spray paint these.  I wanted them brushed.  Much more economical.

I lettered with black acrylic craft paint and shaded with gold rub n' buff applied with a liner brush.  For the rest of the directions, refer to my above link for the staining and aging of these signs.  Make them look as new or as old as you like.  Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you will find some inspiration here to create your own magnificent signs.

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