LeCultivateur Happy Thursday, sweet people!! Today, I want to share with y’all an easy solution to hiding your tv and all those pesky cords. Some people don’t mind the look of a tv on the wall, I never minded either, until I came up with this super easy solution! This sign is super light weight, which is a total must in our house with young kids and a puppy running around. So even if the sign did happen to fall, which it hasn’t yet and I don’t foresee happening, it wouldn’t case harm to anyone!
I never really liked the family room, because it was hard for me to figure out a good way to decorate around my tv, so I never did anything in the space. It was boring and very plain. Then I decided that I would make a big sign to cover the tv…”but would it really work? And, what kind of sign would I make?” Those were the thoughts that ran through my head, every time I looked at the tv, for a couple months before I decided to just do it!
While I was visiting my little brother, my sister and I went to one of our favorite antique stores, where I found my inspiration!
I loved it, but knew that I needed a sign that was quite a bit bigger to cover the TV.
My favorite part of the sign is the sweet cut out detail at the top!
I started with a super light weight (less than 10 lbs) sheet of maple plywood, that I got from Lowe’s
While at Lowe’s, I got the board cut down to the basic size that I wanted, taking into consideration that I would be cutting a little off the top. My finished sign ended up being 67in wise x 44in tall.
At home, I started sketching out the design on the top of the piece of wood.
What I found to be most helpful when trying to make the top cutout detail…find your center point, from there draw your design on only half the board. Cut that section (I used a jigsaw). Then trace the piece you just cut, onto the other half of the top of the board, and finish cutting. This ensures that your design is symmetrical, which I think is super important.
Once my board was cut, I sanded and painted. Then sanded some more.
I put it in place, just to make sure it was the right size, shape, etc.
I printed off the lettering that I wanted to use, in the biggest size possible, colored the back of each paper with pencil, and taped the papers to the board.
I then traced over each letter, which transferred onto the wood, because I colored the backs of each paper with pencil.
I then carefully, using black chalk paint, painted in the lettering.
Remember, it doesn’t have to be perfect. Every authentic antique sign that I have seem, isn’t perfect!
I sanded the black lettering a little, and it was done!
This sign is seriously so easy to take down and put up, which I love!! No more cords showing, and not a lot of hassle.
The sign nicely rests in front of the tv!
Before….
After…
Such a huge difference, right!! If you have any questions, just leave a comment, or email me at inquiries@lecultivateur.com
Thank you so much for visiting my blog!!
So much love to you all!!
~Emily
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Never happening in our house. Ours is over the fireplace. My husband and I have talked about it and he’s right. It still drives me crazy.
He said it’s unsafe with me. Unsafe for me to be able to move it. We have the two dogs chasing each other around the house everyday. If a large sign fell it could hurt them or one badly since miniature Dachshunds.
It it fell and hit me that could be a problem. It’s not worth it. Not worth hi. being 2 hours away every day in the City working and having another thing to worry about.
I have wanted it since we built this house. Grand scheme of things it’s a TV we all have them.
Love your sign.
Cindy
I’ve always loved this sign of yours ever since I first saw it and after a while I assumed that you must have made it because of it being personalized. I’ve never made such a big sign before but have used that tracing method and it works so well. I’m gonna have to think about making one of these types of signs now to cover my router and all the ugly cords that you have to have for WiFi and all! 😩
Emily, that is a genius solution for this issue! Looks amazing!
That’s such a creative idea! The sign is beautiful!
Emily, this is such a great way to hide a TV. Such a simple yet effective way to do it. And it’s beautiful.
Love this idea. Very nice 👍
I love the sign you did a very good job painting it and I like that you cant see the TV
Great idea to hide the massive TV we all have in our home. Great tip on making the design. I always can do the first side easily but the mimicking the pattern is so hard. Thanks for sharing the tip on tracing over with the cut piece. Genius