Earlier this summer one of my readers offered me some cupboard doors.  She was removing a cabinet from her bathroom and before just discarding the doors, she thought maybe I would want them.

Sure enough, I did want them!  I’m saving three of them for Christmas, but I decided to attempt something more fall-ish with one of them.

I started out by cleaning it well with TSP substitute and then decided to add a little faux age to the door with Dixie Belle’s Sea Spray texture additive.  I mixed it with some of their Holy Guacamole paint and stippled it onto the door in key areas.  Once that was dry, I added two coats of DB’s Drop Cloth over it.

Once the Drop Cloth was dry, I sanded over those areas to reveal some of that avocado green color.

The results are subtle for sure, but I think this technique goes a long way towards adding some age.

Next up I pulled out another I.O.D. transfer that my reader Monica (thanks again Monica!) sent to me called Painterly Florals.  This particular transfer includes roses, lavender and sunflowers.

I think sunflowers have a fall-like feel, don’t you?

So I added some sunflowers to the opposite corners of my sign.

Next I pulled out the word “MARKET” from my stash.  This word is part of the I.O.D. Label Ephemera transfer, yet I’ve never used it.  If you’ve been following me for long, you know I’ve used umpteen sets of that transfer!  And each time I set the “MARKET” portion aside, to the point where I have at least half a dozen ‘markets’ in my stash.

And “MARKET” just happened to fit almost perfectly on this cupboard door.

Next up I decided to try something new.  I’d been cleaning out some of my old scrapbooking supplies when I came across some of the October Afternoon Sprinklers.

October Afternoon describes these as ‘high-quality pigment spray inks’ and I used them all the time when I was scrapbooking on a regular basis.  Unfortunately, October Afternoon went out of business and I’m not sure if you can even find these to purchase anymore.

But I thought it would be a fun experiment to try these on my sign.

So after giving it a very thorough shaking to mix it, I spritzed the Wheat Field color on my sign.  I really like the results, what do you think?

I was a little bit worried that adding a wiped on (wax) or brushed on (clear coat) final finish would smear the ink though.  So I opted to just use some of Rust Oleum’s matte spray sealer over the entire sign.

For one final detail, I added some painted wooden knobs to the bottom of the sign.

This would be a great way to display your non-collection of whisk brooms, should you happen to have one.  If not, you could hang your kitchen towels on it, or maybe some ironstone pitchers.

I have to admit, as much as I love autumn, fall décor isn’t really my thing.  I think that mother nature provides the most beautiful display in fall and there isn’t much need to add to it.

But if you do like to add a little fall-ish décor to your house, this sign might be just the ticket.  I brought it into Reclaiming Beautiful last week, so I don’t know if it’s still there.  But you locals could always head out to Stillwater to check!

What do you think?  Leave a comment and let me know.

Thank you to Dixie Belle Paint Co for providing the Sea Spray and paint used for this makeover.