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How to Make a Colorful Dream Spots Sign

Over the last few months, we’ve spent a lot of time at home, dreaming of favorite & faraway places and creating a DIY Outdoor Oasis to enjoy right where we are. This space sparked the idea for our colorful dream spots sign, made from pallet wood.

You need a colorful pick-me-up too?

Good! I’m going to show you how to add a colorful splash of art showing your favorite spots using vibrant paint products from COLORSHOT®, pallet wood and simple hardware.

I received products from COLORSHOT® for this post.

Colorful Dream Spots Sign

This simple, cheerful sign is flexible and can be customized to your space and preferences.

COLORSHOT Spray Paints + Pallet Wood

Here’s what you’ll need:

Let’s Get Started!

  1. Cut your boards to the size you want them, and prime the sign faces (where you’ll later paint your locations). Our eight boards were cut at 26″ x 3.5″, then we cut arrow points on the end of each board. If you want the worn wood, texture and nails to show through, don’t sand before painting. We also left the sides and backs of the boards unprimed for the same reason.
Stack of painted pallet wood for sign
This shows the rough, unprimed edges and the look we went for. If you want something more finished, you could sand and prime your sides.
COLORSHOT Spray Paints + Pallet Wood
Check out the COLORSHOT® grooved spray top and slim bottle.
Makes it so much more comfortable!
  1. Once your primer dries, use COLORSHOT® Premium Spray Paint in desired colors on all your sign faces. One coat was enough for us. The COLORSHOT® colors are vibrant and fun, with so many options. Did I mention they are better for you and the environment?

    Consider your space and preferences, and let creativity be your guide! This spray paint is quick-drying, so you won’t be waiting around long.
Sanding pallet wood
  1. Next, we lightly sanded our boards so some of the white primer would show through and roughed up the boards a bit before painting the location names.
Measure wood and mark
  1. Measure and mark 4″ from each top and bottom corner. We chose not to measure from the arrow point, because we wanted the signs to stagger and not be perfectly aligned.
Drill holes in sign
  1. Drill a small hole in the center of your top and bottom boards where you’ve indicated 4″ from the corners. Do this on every board, with the exception of your bottom board. You’ll only need two holes in the top of your last board.
Wood and screw eyes
  1. Screw in your eye screws to each hole as shown.
painted wood
When you finish with your painting, drilling and eye screws, it should look like this.
  1. Next, you can start using your COLORSHOT® Premium Paint Markers to label your signs. Make this fun for the whole family and brainstorm together. If you have kids, let them look up the destinations and find out how far they are from your home.

    Marshmallow and Clear Skies showed up best on our color choices. The Bubble Bath was shimmery, which I liked, but I had to do a couple coats with this one. Make sure your spray paint color and paint marker color contrast for best results. I added a few simple symbols to a few of the boards just for fun.
writing dream spots on wood
  1. The paint markers also dry quickly. Once everything is dry, you can spray a coat of COLORSHOT® Clear Sealer Matte to finish.
tie jute twine to connect signs
  1. Use jute twine and triple knot between each of your signs as shown. You can add a dot of super glue to each knot for extra reinforcement.
hang using picture hanging wire with jute twine wrapped
  1. For the top sign, use picture hanging wire with your jute string before hanging. We used a concrete anchor and screwed into the mortar. Adapt this step depending on your sign location.
Colorful Dream Spots Sign

We hope you’re inspired to dream, get creative and make your custom sign!

Want more projects made with pallet wood? Check out our Lemonade Stand, Farmhouse Bed Tray, Pallet Wood Signs or a Simple Advent Tree Calendar.

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Keep it colorful, friends!

Misty

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Comments

    • Misty says

      Hi Danielle! Thanks so much, I hope you’ll give it a try. I really like the ColorShot paint, and love that it’s better for the environment.

  9. Allison O'Dell says

    This is such a great idea! My daughters are out of the nest, so it would be fun to put up signs for where they live now. I also haven’t tried that brand of paint. Will take a look for my next project! Thanks for the inspiration, Ali.

    • Misty says

      Oh, I love that idea, Ali! ColorShot is great, love that they are better for us and the environment. And the colors are fab!

  10. Diane says

    What a fun idea!!! Of course we all have dream spots — maybe the spots where our friends and family are. I love this. And your colors are great!!!

  14. Jayne says

    I love the colours you used for your dream spots! That colorshot paint looks gorgeous and the markers are brilliant! I have some pallets left over from one of my projects, now I know what to do with them!

    • Misty says

      Thank you so much, Jayne! Yes, there are so many fun projects you can do with pallet wood. I’d love to see your project if you decide to do this one.

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