Valentine's Day Rustic Heart Wall Art

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Last Summer I scored two sheets of rusty corrugated metal. Yeah, very old roof material.

I thought 20 dollars was a really good deal for all that amount of character the metal sheets had.

They've been there in the garage waiting for me to think about something on how to use them. And it was only until last week, when I found a few pieces of chipped wooden siding, that I knew what would be my very first project using the tin >>>

A rustic heart wall art for Valentine's day!

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| Husky Water Resistant Leather Work Glove  |  Safety Glasses |

I got the six pieces of siding, cut a piece of one of the long metal sheets and gathered my tools and safety equipment to start working on this wall art project.

A heart shape was traced onto the metal.

| Ryobi Shears |

Then, using the Ryobi Shears I followed the line to cut out the heart shape.

I love this tool!

The effort you have to put is minimum, this thing goes fast.
For cutting this corrugated material I had to point the front of the shears down and upwards following the contour of the metal.
Did I say this is cordless? All you need is a Ryobi One+ battery to operate it, just the same as all your other Ryobi tools. ;)

I went ahead and traced and cut out another heart, a smaller one on the opposite direction of the tin.

| Metal File |

Then, I went around those hearts with a metal file to smooth out those sharp edges.

With the hearts all done, it was now time to work on the frame.

The pieces of siding where placed face down and then, they were secured together with two pieces of ½" Plywood across them.

At first, I wanted to stop here, place the hearts in the middle of this board and that would've been the end, but it looked unfinished.

| RYOBI Cordless Brad Nailer |

So, I grabbed some pieces of 1 x 2 pine material to frame the board.

1½" brad nails where used all around.

| RYOBI Brushless Impact Driver  |  Clamp |

However, two screws were driven into each corner to better secure the frame.

Three little holes were drilled onto both hearts before driving the tree little rusty nails to secure them onto the board.

The final step was to add the hardware to hang it in place.

Needles to say, I'm so much in love with this project!

All the character those pieces had is incredible... The chippy boards, the aged to perfection tin roof... Ahhh love love LOVE it!!

You can check how it looks adorning my Valentine's mantel right HERE.

And here is a small video of the entire process:

For more Valentine's Day ideas check these out:

Recycled Beaded Hearts

Double Ribbon Valentine Wreath

Valentine's Day mantel with Molding Heart 

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