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How to letter a chest......

I picked this old chest up on a tree lawn on trash night. It was bare brown wood, but I knew it could be something unique.

I wanted to use the red paint I had on my shelf, the same paint I used in my living room....so I decided to use the Sealtest logo.

First, I had to find the image...so off to eBay I went. I found an old sign for sale and saved the image to my computer. I printed it off and enlarged it on my copier 400%. I then took each letter and again enlarged it to 400%. I kept doing this until I had each of the letters. I trimmed them out with an x-acto knife, then taped them together.

I laid it out on the top of the chest and drew around each letter with a pencil. Using an old brush and cream paint that I had, I painted inside the pencil lines.

Guest Room on a SMALL Budget

Footboard turned Headboard $5
Cream Dresser (garage sale) $25
Pretty Mirror (garage sale) $5
Pretty Green Chest (garage sale) $25

My gorgeous lamp on dresser....Goodwill $15
Re-wired kit $5
Shade (repurposed)

Green wicker chair (garage sale) $5
Can of Spray Paint $5.00

That gorgeous crocheted throw on chair (Goodwill) $3
Premium mattress & box springs (Sears) a HUGE buy at $450

Red Wall Paint ~ Behr $22
Yellow Wall Paint ~ Left overs, I did glaze 3 walls

Custom duvet on bed from Ethan Allen (store sample $50
Custom pillow shams from Ethan Allen (store sample $25

The Floral Pillows, Dust Ruffle and Europillow from Arhaus Furniture
Custom set (originally $500)...I paid $40

The Floral Drapes, sewn by me, purchased fabric from JoAnn's @ 50% off,
used an old sheet as liner $30

My vintage dresser trays hanging all from Goodwill...approx $1.00-3.00 each

Can anyone add this up? I think I'm up to a GRAND TOTAL of $750 approximately)