Sometimes it’s just easier to post a sign than to try to explain everything.

That’s what I was thinking when I created this piece for my coat closet…

A coat closet sign.  Pretty ingenious, huh?  I thought it was important for my guests to be able to find their coats.

OK, who am I kidding?  I rarely have guests!

But irrespective of the number of guests I do or don’t have, I thought this coat plaque would be cute.

I took an unfinished wood plaque, painted a base coat of yummy midnight blue, followed by coats of light gray and a hint of taupey beige.  Then I cut out a coat graphic and decoupaged it on to the painted plaque.  Distressed the edges a bit with sandpaper, to reveal the yummy midnight blue, then topped it off with a layer of non-yellowing polyurethane, attached it to the door with non-damaging 3M picture-hanging velcro, and voila!

Now go hang up your coat!

Showing off this project at the link party over at Funky Junk Interiors.