Board & Brush
Welcome to the Vestavia Hills
DIY Wood Sign Workshop!
Are you looking for a night out with friends? Is your inner DIY itching for a fun new project without having to buy all your own supplies and make a mess at your house? Then BOOK A WORKSHOP at Board & Brush Creative Studio in Vestavia Hills.
Vestavia Hills is a suburb located in the metropolitan Birmingham area, just about 10 miles south of the city. Birmingham is Alabama’s largest city, with about 1 million citizens in that metropolitan area. It is known as one of the south’s foodie destinations with the most recent James Beard nation’s best restaurant, Highlands Restaurant, located downtown. It is also known for its die-hard college football fans. While the city is located just about 45 minutes away from the University of Alabama, Birmingham has just about as many Auburn University football fans as residents. Without any professional sports to speak of in the state, college football is serious business here. Its central Southeastern location makes Birmingham a great place to live with so many southern travel destinations within a short driving distance - Nashville, New Orleans, Atlanta and the Gulf Coast beaches. The Birmingham area was the perfect place to start open the first Board & Brush Alabama location!
Board & Brush Vestavia Hills is a BYOB establishment.
Upcoming Workshops
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SIP & PAINT AT OUR WOOD SIGN WORKSHOPS
At Board & Brush in Vestavia Hills, we marry the joy of wine and paint with the classic timelessness of wooden signs. Our instructor-led DIY wood sign workshops allow you to combine your creativity and willingness to learn new skills. We provide you with the instruction, materials and design for you to distress, sand, stain, paint, and customize your personalized piece of art!
HOW IT WORKS
1. REGISTER FOR A WORKSHOP
View our calendar above to find a date and time that works best for you and your friends and family (the more, the merrier!). You can also look for a workshop that features the type of project you’d like to create, like a PYP or specialty project. Then, you’ll browse our gallery of hundreds of designs to choose which one you’d like to create in your upcoming workshop!
2. ARRIVE EARLY!
Our workshops start on time, so you’ll want to arrive early to get settled! You can start thinking about the endless creative possibilities ahead, take photos with friends, and enjoy your favorite beverage (some studios are BYOB, while others sell alcohol, please check with your local studio about their policies).
3. GET YOUR DIY ON!
At your wood sign workshop, you’ll turn raw wood into a finished project fit for your home! You’ll be guided by our expert instructors throughout each step in the workshop - sanding, distressing, staining, painting your stencil, and waxing! You choose all your colors in person at the workshop! Our workshops are typically about 3 hours long.
4. DISPLAY YOUR NEW DÉCOR
When you leave our workshops, you’ll leave with a wood project that you’ll be proud to display in your home! We mean it when we say that no experience is necessary - our instructors are there to help turn you into a DIY expert. Now that your beautiful farmhouse-inspired project is complete, you’ll take it home to find the perfect spot to display it!
HOST A PRIVATE EVENT WITH BOARD & BRUSH
Whether you're looking for a fun way to celebrate your birthday, a distinctive evening out with a group of friends, a bachelorette party, or a unique relationship-building outing for your employees, look to our DIY wood sign workshops in Vestavia Hills. Our space is uniquely set up to provide a warm, welcoming environment that allows everyone to feel comfortable and excited to create their own custom piece of décor.
Meet Board & Brush Vestavia Hills Owners
Suzanne Liles & Katherine Stephen
Suzanne has worked in the insurance industry for decades while raising her family. Now with her family grown, she is reaching retirement age but is looking to continue a fulfilling role in her life through Board & Brush. Interacting with people has always been one of the most enjoyable parts of her career and she feels that Board & Brush is the perfect opportunity. A math major in college, and a detail-oriented worker in her day-to-day job gives her the skills to hone-in on the nitty-gritty details of the business side of things. She also wants the focus of her retirement to be on family, so opening a family-run business with her daughter Katherine makes perfect sense.
Katherine’s 10-year career in public relations, with a focus on event planning and media relations, lends itself well to getting the word out about Board & Brush and hosting parties as well as promotional events for the business. Now a mom to two young daughters, she was looking to get back into the business world, but in a flexible role that would also allow her to spend time with family. The timing made perfect sense for the two of them to go into business together with a company like Board & Brush.
Suzanne and Katherine heard about Board & Brush after Katherine’s sister, brought back a project from a workshop in Oxford, Mississippi. They were blown away by the quality of the project, and the overall impression she made about the workshop experience. After a bit of research, the mom and daughter duo found that there wasn’t a location in Alabama! On a road trip that day, they began brainstorming, and decided Board & Brush sounded like the perfect fit for them, and for their hometown. Katherine is the youngest of Suzanne’s three daughters. Suzanne is most proud of her grandchildren Carter, Davis, Addison and Eloise. Katherine’s oldest, Addison, just entered 1st grade at one of Vestavia’s local elementary schools, and she and her husband, Brad, are Vestavia Hills residents, so opening the studio in their community was important to them. Katherine and Suzanne are both Auburn University fans (Katherine’s alma mater), and love attending football games in the fall. They also both enjoy traveling to new places, finding new restaurants to try, and of course, spending time with their families.
Make Your Own Personalized Sign at Board & Brush Vestavia Hills
Pick your preferred custom wood sign design, sign up for a DIY wood sign workshop that best works for you and your friends or family, and then show up for a fun, instructor led, hands-on experience.
Board & Brush Vestavia Hills is located in Vestavia Village, a shopping center attached to the backside of Walgreen’s at the corner of Canyon Road and Highway 31. It is convenient to many of the community’s best restaurants and has plenty of parking!
Have any questions? Please feel free to contact us via phone or email. We are happy to help and would love to see you in our wood sign workshop very soon!
Board & Brush
2017 Canyon Rd
Suite 111
Vestavia Hills, AL 35216
(205) 217-4027 |
vestaviahills@boardandbrush.com
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