The Letter “N”

Honestly, this is a happy post!  I just wanted to give you a little background on how this all came about, so that hopefully you can feel my excitement of my finished project.

When we first built our home, we had solid carved wood doors with an iron transom above the door.  Attached to the transom we had put the letter “N” for our last name.  You can’t really see it in this picture, but this is the only picture I could find that remotely showed the front doors.

As I have mentioned before in previous posts and have put it in my about me section, our home burned in the 2003 Cedar Fires.  This is what was left of our front entry way. {I hate looking at these pictures, or even posting a picture on my blog, but there is a good that comes out of this as you will see at the end of this post}

When we rebuilt our home, we opted not to do the solid carved wood doors.  We went with glass and iron, which now looks like this

Even though we lost everything, some random things did survive.  After the fire, it was demolition and clean up.  One day one of the workers hands me the letter “N” that hung above our door, and wanted to know if I wanted to save it.  I couldn’t believe it!  Of course I said yes! It was a memory of things once had, it was a keeper.  Once we moved back into our house, I still had the “N” but didn’t know what I wanted to do with it.  I laid it in an area in my yard for now, waiting to find that perfect spot.

So this is where is gets good!  After we moved back into our home, I had bought this picture to hang above my outdoor fireplace.  It was a perfect fit.  But after a couple of years, it faded to this weird green. It wasn’t made to be outdoors, I guess this is what happens when you hang an inside picture outside.

Last week the idea finally came to me! {well to be honest, my inspiration came from this post Diana did on her blog  at In My Own Style} I took down this tired old picture, took the picture out of the frame and noticed that this was painted on a pressed wood board, so the back side was perfectly smooth

I got out my mod podge, some fabric I had in my stash and went to work.  I knew I wanted to attach the “N” to the board but I of course don’t have the skills to do that. I went to my reliable source, my husband, the inventor, and my personal handyman.  And of course I wasn’t disappointed!  My wonderful husband securly attached the “N” to the board.  And now look at it! It is a work of art, and for FREE!  Woohoo!

I don’t know how long until the fabric will fade, but it just makes me smile every time I look at it.  The “n” has found finally found a home.

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