'house of love' salvaged sign

every time i look at this project, i hear the song 'House of Love' in my head...

[if you're not old like me, you may not remember that song from the 90's,
recorded by friends (who later married) Amy Grant and Vince Gill.
it's an earworm, so if you want to hear it, there's a link after the post!]

this project is a re-use of something i first created last January - 
i've just changed it a bit and added to it. i love re-making old projects!

continue reading to see the before/after...

a while back, i found a scrap of old wood in a parking lot.
i picked it up, took it home, and eventually in January of 2020, i got an idea...

because my theme for the year was going to be 'Happy Home', 
i added two of my Grandma's old wood rulers to create a peaked 'roof' 

and the scrap wood became a house:

the result of that process is on the left. i hung it on an old canvas on our gallery wall,
and then in February i added a red tissue paper heart.

that simple change inspired what i did THIS year,
which was to add a new yellow heart cut from paint chips.
then i painted on three letters, to spell LOVE - with the heart being the 'O'.

it's no longer hanging on our gallery wall,
but looks terrific in my newly-restyled office/studio!

it would be easy as pie to use stickers to create something like this, too - 
which would make them removable so the wood is re-usable in another project!
(and you know how i LOVE that!)

i put some yellow paper hearts on something else, too - 
my small village of white ceramic houses. now i have MORE 'houses of love':

it's so easy to update old decor and give it a new look each season!


shared online:

funky junk interiors | diy salvaged junk projects #536

links to previous related posts:

winter 2020 sign with red heart

spring 2020 sign with green 'grass'

Amy Grant's 'House of Love' 

scrap paper hearts wreath

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