Scavenger Chic

Pallet Wood Fish House Numbers

• By Joan
• May 12, 2016
• 6 Comments

With summer coming up…beach, lake, fishing season… I was inspired to make something with this little fish I’ve had sitting around since last July.

He was part of this colorful assortment of pallet wood fish that I originally shared over at My Repurposed Life.

These fish are about 21 inches long and make use of the 5 inch wide pallet wood.  For complete instructions, make sure you click on the link above.

If you went over to My Repurposed Life, you would have seen a fish just like this being used for a coat rack with tinker toys as the hooks. This time he is headed outside to hold a house number.

I didn’t want him quite as bright as the original paint job, because I wanted the house number to be more of the focus.  First step for his makeover was to sand him down a bit more…

…then a little clear wax, mixed with a bit of dark wax and a couple dabs of black paint.  With black paint, a little goes a long way.  The excess was wiped off with a paper towel.

Make a second fish on a piece of wide pallet wood free hand or by tracing the fish you just made.

Cut out the fish shape with a jigsaw or scroll saw and sand.

No fancy paint job for this guy since he will just be in the background.  I returned to the clear and dark wax mix with a couple of dabs of black paint but this time I added a blob of green paint.

With finishing nails, nail the two fish together slightly off-center and add your house number.  This number was nailed on but you could also paint on your house number.

I chose to give my pallet wood fish a little more rusty bling by wiring him to an old pulley.

All ready for a lake or beach side home.

For another fish house number idea, or if  you have a house number with more than 1 or 2 digits, you may like the 3 little fishies below.

Have a fantastic weekend. Hopefully the sun will decide to make a reappearance and I’ll see you back here next week.

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