Christmas Tree Farm Wood DIY Sign- Ruff Background Paint and Second Thoughts About Color Schemes

Hi everyone! I made some progress painting the Christmas Tree Farm sign. After my second thoughts staining the edge of the sign, I decided to proceed forward in painting the sign. I wanted the stain to be a red tone and the background of the sign dark green. From there, I would paint the sign’s wording and other decorations on it. Since the stain was more purple berry colored than red, I didn’t know if the green background would clash with the stain color. Even though I was worried, I decided to proceed forward in painting the background.

The color I wanted to start painting the background is a dark green, but it isn’t as dark as I wanted it to be. Based off experience working with unfinished wood projects, I know the first coat of paint would be absorbed into the wood. This meant I would need to paint the sign with multiple coats of paint.

For the first coat of paint, I decided to use a lighter color green than I plan it to be. It was a rough first paint, which means I didn’t try very hard to make it look perfect. After I was done painting the sign, it looked like this…

Now that I see the green paint on the sign, I don’t know if I want it to be green anymore! I taped the edges with masking tape to protect the edges from over paint, but that also means I can’t see the stained frame anymore. After living with it for a while, I still don’t know if I’d like to continue painting the background green. I also wanted to paint the background dark blue, but I prefer green because it’s a Christmas tree farm sign. I still need to think about it. Since I painted this sign earlier this year, I’ll have made my decision and wrote a post about it that will come later on this month. Until that time, I still feel frustrated and annoyed by the way it is turning out.

Well, that’s all for now! Thank you for reading!