Design your directory sign

A tall outdoor sign, about 20 by 40 inches, with a heading and a list of names, carved and painted. The kind an office building or a row of businesses puts by the door. Work through the steps and we'll draw it to size as you go. Anything you should know shows up right in the step it's about.

Step 1 Where will this directory sign live?

We ask first because it decides which woods will hold up there. Better to know now than after you've fallen for a design.

Indoors

Inside a home, office or store. Anything we make will last there.

Outdoors, under cover

On a covered porch or under the eaves. Out of direct rain and sun, but not heated.

Out in the weather

Direct sun and rain. It's the toughest spot for anything made of wood, so some woods aren't offered here.

Step 2 Which material?

Answer step 1 first, and the materials that suit that spot will show up here.

Step 3 How should it be finished?

Choose a material in step 2 first. The finishes we can offer depend on it.

Step 4 How should the lettering be carved?

Choose a material in step 2 first. Whether we can cut the background away to raise the letters depends on it.

Step 5 How big should it be?

24 × 6 inches 30 × 9 inches — our most common size 12 × 12 inches 18 × 24 inches 30 × 40 inches — the biggest we can cut A custom size

How thick?

Edge style

Sand and seal the back too

Step 6 Heading

Choose a material in step 2 first. What we can carve depends on it.

What should it say?

Lettering style

Letter height

How should the carving be filled?

Unfilled means the carving is left bare, and the shadow in the groove makes it stand out. It costs less, and there's no fill color to clash with the board.

Place this myself Leave this unchecked and we'll place it for you, which is usually what you want.

Step 7 The list of names

Choose a material in step 2 first. What we can carve depends on it.

Put one name on each line. You can add up to 12, and we'll carve them in the order you list them.

Line 1

Lettering style

Letter height

How should it be filled?

Place this myself Leave this unchecked and we'll place it for you, which is usually what you want.

Step 8 A logo (optional)

Add your logo or badge

A PNG or JPEG in two colours, like black on white, up to 8 MB and at least 300 pixels each way. Our laser engraves in one colour: the darker one gets engraved and the lighter one is left bare. We'll check it with you before we make anything.

Step 9 How will you hang it?

Hanging option

We'll finish the back flat and leave the hanging hardware to you.

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