{"id":1714,"date":"2013-04-30T08:34:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T08:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simplyswider.com\/?p=1714"},"modified":"2022-09-24T19:49:09","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T19:49:09","slug":"reclaimed-wood-moose-head-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simplyswider.com\/reclaimed-wood-moose-head-tutorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Reclaimed Wood Moose Head Tutorial (DIY)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Update 1\/3\/2014: Our moose head now sits center stage in our family room on the recently\u00a0refurbished fireplace\u00a0in our\u00a0new house.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I am so excited about this project! It combines two hot items in home decor right now: a moose head and reclaimed wood! I was actually inspired by a Pottery Barn Kids catalog that had a reclaimed wood whale featured on one of its walls. It wasn\u2019t even an item for sale, just a piece of art staged in the room. I fell in love with it the second I saw it, but I knew a whale wouldn\u2019t really fit into our decor. It only took me a second to decide what shape we should use: a moose head! We\u2019ve joked about getting a moose head for months now. Not a real one, but one of the tons of artistic renditions done of them. Even Cody was super excited when I presented this project to him (which was great since he did most of the work). Oh, and did I mention that this project was FREE? Yep, it cost us zip, zero, nada. We had all the materials already on hand for this project although honestly, it doesn\u2019t take much. We used some of the wood left over from the pallet picture frame<\/a> project as well as some additional pieces of scrap wood lying around the garage. This project can be done using new wood as well; you\u2019ll just have to age it first.<\/a> Here\u2019s my quick and easy tutorial for how I aged some of the pieces in this project using paint and stain:<\/p>\n\n\n\n