Choosing a house sign.

Decision Making

Choosing a house sign that perfectly matches your home can seem like a difficult task. Should it be brass, slate, acrylic? Should it be round, square or elongated?

Where do you start?

To help make this decision a little bit easier, we’ve put together a few questions to ask yourself before you go ahead and buy.

Firstly, you need to decide where it’s going to go.

This probably seems like a silly question, because of course it’s going outside your front door.

HOWEVER, you really need to nip out and have a good look at where you want it to sit. This will give you a good idea about sizing, and whether it needs to stand out behind a beautifully colourful hanging basket.

Make sure you check your surroundings too, if you can see the sea, there may be some materials that aren’t suitable because salt can cause tarnishing.

If you live on one end of a narrow road or have a super long drive, you might need one to go on a wall on the end. You know, to help the postman find his way.

So location, location, location. It does matter. Have a good think, take all the time you need.

Next.

So you’ve decided where you want it. You now need to go back outside, take a tape measure, a bit of paper and a pen. Measure the space.

Tape Measure

Go on, go now. I’ll wait here.

Don’t forget to measure width, and height.

Our house signs all have dimensions in the descriptions. Both in centimetres and inches, so don’t worry about which one to use.

Once you’ve measured you’ll have an even better idea of what you need and what will actually fit.

The next thing.

What do you want your house sign to say? Not literally, but metaphorically. How would you describe yourself?

The words that come into my head to describe me (and indeed everyone elses head too) are loud, weird and quirky, so naturally a huge, round, multicoloured acrylic house sign would suit me down to the ground (I like to make a statement).

If you want your house sign to shout tradition and class, a brass or aluminium house sign might suit you best. If you want charm and sophistication, a smooth slate house sign.

It’s not all black and white though, you know what you like. You are the artist.

What type of house do you live in?   

Here’s a table full of different types of houses and what has been bought for them in the past. Have a look and see what you think.

Lastly.

What is your gut saying?

Always go with your gut, if you like something at first glance, chances are that one is the one for you. Take into account all of the above, and you’ll definitely have what you need.

If you’re still not sure, have a good browse, and perhaps take a look at our previous blog post about the science of colour, which looks at why we like what we like.

If you’re torn between a couple, get a household survey going, ask the kids which one they like, make it a family decision. You could even ask them to draw something and then match it to one from our range. You’ll get the gist of the shape and a design from that. And it will be a lot more personal too.

So, which one will you choose?

Decisions