A Cowboy name sign

What cowboy room isn’t complete without a little cowboys name in rope?!

We had completed Cohen’s room and as I was trying to decorate and get it back in order I just found I couldn’t get things right. It was lacking something but I couldn’t tell what…Then it hit me.

He needs his name in rope above his crib. That would take up enough space on the wall and would be the thing I was looking for.

Since we just got done doing all the wood stuff in his room, we had some scraps laying around. I believe this is oak but I am not positive… My wonderful husband then took some left over trim and attached it to the side for me.

I painted it white and had planned on putting a dark stain on top and then distressing it before attaching the rope but my stain turned out to be to red for my liking.

 

Hard to tell by the photo but it has a lot of red in it.

 

I then took the brown paint that I had left over from his dresser and painted it roughly on top, still letting some of the stain to show through.

After that dried( I used a blow dryer since I have no patience) I used some sandpaper and scratched/roughed  the top.

Then I got to work making the letters and stapling  every few inches or so until I had a full name that was even on the board.

To attach it to the wall, we screwed in a couple screws in the back of the sign and wound wire across them. Don’t forget to sink a heavy piece like this into a stud! We  made sure it was good and secure since it will be hanging over my babies head!!

TA-DA! The finished product! (room photos to follow as soon as we get the crib put back in)