Salvaged Bench Slats to “Shab”ulous Fence Art

Remember the salvaged wrought iron metal wall hanging I posted about recently? Well, I’ve created a second piece of yard art from my old broken-down Charleston bench!
Here’s how the wood started:
My Great Guy nailed six of the boards together horizontally, bracing the back with two vertical boards. Then, I painted a base coat of ivory/beige spray paint. to start:
I then spent a couple days stumped about how to decorate the “sign.” Then, my mind wandered back to my good old rubber mats (remember my faux window grilles?)
I had a couple border pieces of a mat on hand, so I used them as stencils to spray paint colorful designs onto the ivory background:
My Great Guy hung the sign on the fence by our side door for me and I am enjoying it every time I come and go from our home (quite often now that school has begun!).
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CY, Laurie