My wife is a teacher and she has a wall of storage cabinets in her classroom that is about 21 feet long with a space of about 3 feet to the ceiling. Last year she left it empty, but this year she wanted to decorate it with large letters that spell the word explore.This is the space in my wife’s classroom where she wanted to put the letters.
I used 2×4x8 (One per 2 letters) to make the letters and 1×3x8 furring strips (One per letter) as trim around the letters.
Step One: Use pocket hole screws to attach 2×4 pieces to make the letters (Follow the link to my blog to see my plans for all the letters)
The illustration above shows how I cut the letters that have curves (P, O, and R)
Step Two: After I made the letters, I used the 1×3 furring strips as a trim and attached them to letters with 1-1/4 in brad nails. Some of the letters were simple to trim with all the cuts being 45 degrees, others were a little more complicated.
The illustration above shows how the trimmed the letters with curves (P, O, and R).
Step Three: Sand and paint. My wife chose black paint for the trim and blue and green paint for the inside of the letters.
Instead of painting the X, my wife decoupaged the inside with scrap-book paper.
The letters are large and really fill in the empty space above the storage cabinets. My wife is very happy and that makes me happy.
Follow the link to my blog for the complete plans.
Original article and pictures take http://www.hometalk.com/9692627/make-large-wood-letters-out-of-2x4-and-furring-strips site
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