New Size and Style Growth Ruler Collection

Fresh off the paint line are these new wider growth rulers with the old school ruler markings. They are all ready to go to the fall markets coming soon.

See some of my hand painted growth rulers in grey, in a fun D!sney theme and in custom purple.

I had purchased this stack of 1"D X 8" W X 6' L boards to do my ship lap staging wall. However once the project progressed I learned to make a nice ship lap wall each board needed to be routered to make a perfect seem. I decided to just paint the wall white for the time being and use this stack for my custom growth rulers.

Being raw wood they were the perfect candidate to try my newly acquired Varathane aged wood accelerator on.

I immediately loved the way it went on and how fast it changed the wood color.

The above left is one dry coat of accelerator with a coat of CeCe Caldwell hickory stain going over it and the right board is one coat of CeCe Caldwell hickory stain dried. These are the back sides of the rulers which I do first to avoid and dings and such to the front while flipping back and forth.

I stain or paint the backs and seal to keep the board from warping and give a lovely uniform finish.

The above are the ruler fronts mow being done. The left is two dry coats of Varathane aged wood accelerator and the right is one dry coat.

One of the boards was painted front and back with Homestead House Paint Co. in loyalist. Milk paint is another perfect option for raw wood as it absorbs into the wood fibers to give a lovely smooth color.

For the markings I used the fabulous ruler marking stencil from Muddaritaville Studio. Check out their wide array of great stencils.