{"product_id":"autumn-porch-signs","title":"Autumn Porch Signs","description":"\u003c!-- =====================================================\n     MARLOW HERITAGE WELCOME BOARD — PRODUCT DESCRIPTION\n     CSS-Prefix: .hw-pdp__\n     Drop into Shopify product description (HTML mode)\n     IMAGE PLACEHOLDERS: search for REPLACE_WITH_CDN and swap in\n     your Shopify Files URLs (Content \u003e Files \u003e copy link)\n     ===================================================== --\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e\n@import url('https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Playfair+Display:wght@400;700;900\u0026family=Lora:wght@400;500;600;700\u0026display=swap');\n.hw-pdp__container {\n  font-family: 'Lora', Georgia, serif !important;\n  color: #2A2521 !important;\n  line-height: 1.7 !important;\n  max-width: 720px !important;\n  margin: 0 auto !important;\n}\n.hw-pdp__hero-quote {\n  font-family: 'Playfair Display', Georgia, serif !important;\n  font-style: italic !important;\n  font-size: 20px 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font-size: 17px !important;\n  color: #5F7A5A !important;\n  margin: 0 0 8px !important;\n}\n.hw-pdp__guarantee-text {\n  font-size: 15px !important;\n  line-height: 1.6 !important;\n  color: #2A2521 !important;\n  margin: 0 !important;\n}\n.hw-pdp__story-block {\n  background: #F5EEE1 !important;\n  padding: 22px 26px !important;\n  border-radius: 4px !important;\n  margin: 28px 0 !important;\n}\n.hw-pdp__story-block p {\n  font-size: 15px !important;\n  line-height: 1.7 !important;\n  color: #2A2521 !important;\n  margin: 0 0 12px !important;\n}\n.hw-pdp__story-block p:last-child {\n  margin-bottom: 0 !important;\n}\n.hw-pdp__story-block strong {\n  color: #9C4A22 !important;\n}\n\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hw-pdp__container\"\u003e\n\u003c!-- Hero quote --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hw-pdp__hero-quote\"\u003e“A front door is the first thing a house says to anybody. Ours have stopped saying anything at all.” \u003cspan class=\"hw-pdp__hero-quote-author\"\u003e— Willa Marlow, sign painter, Millhaven, Ohio\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- Intro --\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"hw-pdp__intro\"\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eHeritage Welcome Board\u003c\/strong\u003e is a hand-lettered porch sign, painted one board at a time by Willa Marlow, 76, in the dairy barn her grandfather built in 1954 outside Millhaven, Ohio. Every board is reclaimed barn oak or chestnut that already stood through fifty Ohio winters before it reached her workbench. Every letter is brushed on freehand with a chisel-edge brush, the way she learned it in 1988. And every board holds a routed slot in the middle for a hand-painted seasonal medallion, so one sign carries you from October through Christmas and back again. No MDF, no vinyl stickers, no printer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- Variants --\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"hw-pdp__h2\"\u003eChoose Your Board (each one hand-lettered, no two identical)\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cimg alt=\"The Heritage Welcome Board with all three seasonal medallions\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0916\/4272\/4619\/files\/hf_20260724_170541_95c787f6-ed40-4652-8620-d2c0d4aa1e13.png?v=1784989520\" class=\"hw-pdp__photo\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"hw-pdp__photo-caption\"\u003eOne board, three seasons. The Give Thanks turkey, the Halloween cat and the Christmas medallion all drop into the same routed slot, no tools needed\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hw-pdp__variants\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hw-pdp__variant\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"hw-pdp__variant-title\"\u003e🏡 The Full Heritage Set: Board plus All Three Medallions (Bestseller)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"hw-pdp__variant-desc\"\u003eThe whole year in one purchase. The tall reclaimed barnwood WELCOME board, hand-lettered top to bottom, with the Give Thanks turkey, the Happy Halloween cat and the Christmas medallion all included. Swap them at the door in about four seconds. This is the version Willa tells people to buy, because it is the one her own porch has. “Your porch should change with the year. Otherwise what is the point of a porch.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hw-pdp__variant\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"hw-pdp__variant-title\"\u003e🦃 Give Thanks: Autumn Turkey Medallion\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"hw-pdp__variant-desc\"\u003eLayered oak and maple leaves in amber, rust and oxblood, with a pilgrim-hatted turkey brushed in by hand and “GIVE thanks” lettered across the middle. Hangs on the board or straight on the door by its jute cord. The one that ends up in the Thanksgiving photographs, held by whichever grandchild reaches it first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hw-pdp__variant\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"hw-pdp__variant-title\"\u003e🎃 Happy Halloween: Black Cat Medallion\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"hw-pdp__variant-desc\"\u003eA wide-eyed black cat peering over a pumpkin-orange plaque, with cobwebs, bats and a little painted graveyard skyline in the corners. Cut on a curve so it reads clearly from the street, which matters on the one night a year when strangers are looking for your door. Trick-or-treat proof: real wood, real paint, no corners to peel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hw-pdp__variant\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"hw-pdp__variant-title\"\u003e🎄 Christmas: Santa and Tree Medallion\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"hw-pdp__variant-desc\"\u003eThe quiet one. Santa tucked beside a green tree with a gold star, painted small and warm so it sits properly against the dark barnwood on a December evening. Willa paints these last each year, after the autumn run is out the door, with the woodstove going in the corner of the barn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"hw-pdp__p\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhichever you choose, the making is identical: same reclaimed barn oak, same freehand chisel-brush lettering, same three coats of hand-rubbed marine sealant, same pair of hands. Willa cuts and letters. Her granddaughter Emma wraps and ships.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- The Difference --\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"hw-pdp__h2\"\u003eWhat Makes It Different\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"hw-pdp__p\"\u003eNearly every porch sign sold today is thin painted MDF with vinyl letters stuck on and a sawtooth hanger nailed to the back. It looks fine under shop lighting. Then the first real rain swells the board at the edges, the first summer lifts the letter corners, and the first windstorm pulls the hanger through the particleboard. Those signs were built for a shelf. The Heritage Welcome Board was built for a porch post in February.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cimg alt=\"Willa Marlow hand-lettering a welcome board at her barn workbench\" class=\"hw-pdp__photo\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"hw-pdp__photo-caption\"\u003eEvery letter brushed freehand in the Millhaven barn. “A printer gives you the same letter every time. A brush gives you handwriting.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hw-pdp__features\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"hw-pdp__features-title\"\u003eBuilt the way it should be:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"hw-pdp__features-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReclaimed barnwood core\u003c\/strong\u003e — barn oak and chestnut pulled from Ohio outbuildings, wood that has already proved it survives outdoors. “New pine hasn’t proven anything yet.”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHand-lettered, never printed\u003c\/strong\u003e — every letter brushed freehand with a chisel-edge brush. Slight variation in every stroke, because a person made it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterchangeable medallion system\u003c\/strong\u003e — a routed centre slot holds a separate hand-painted medallion. Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, swapped in seconds without replacing the sign.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThree coats of marine sealant\u003c\/strong\u003e — hand-rubbed and buffed between coats, so the wood never takes on water in the first place. No swelling, no cracked seams.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eForged steel barn hook\u003c\/strong\u003e — mounted through the board into a hidden support block, not a sawtooth stapled to thin veneer. Holds in a windstorm.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDocumented longevity\u003c\/strong\u003e — boards from 2007 and 2013 are still hanging on the same porch posts, tracked by name in the notebook by the barn door.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- Specs --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hw-pdp__specs\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"hw-pdp__specs-title\"\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"hw-pdp__specs-table\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBoard size\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e48\" x 8\" (122 x 20 cm), sized for a porch post or beside a standard door\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMedallion size\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eApprox. 12\" (30 cm) across, each with jute hanging cord\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCore\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eReclaimed barn oak or chestnut, thickness varies by board\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLettering\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFreehand chisel-brush exterior enamel, no vinyl, no print\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFinish\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThree coats hand-rubbed marine-grade exterior sealant\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardware\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-forged steel hook through hidden support block\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eApprox. 7.5 lbs (3.4 kg) for the board, 0.9 lbs (0.4 kg) per medallion\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePlacement\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFront porch, door, entryway wall or barn door; full outdoor use fine\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-made in Millhaven, Ohio, USA\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCare\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWipe with a damp cloth. Re-oil every few years if you like. Store spare medallions flat.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- The story --\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"hw-pdp__h2\"\u003eThe Story Behind the Barn\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hw-pdp__story-block\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWilla Marlow has painted welcome boards in her family’s dairy barn for 38 years. The stalls came out decades ago, but the hooks are still bolted into the beams, hung with brushes now instead of harnesses. It started in 1988 with scrap barnwood from a torn-down fence and a sign for her own front door, which a neighbour saw and asked about. She kept a notebook by the gate: which boards held up, how the letters read from the street, weathering tests that ran years instead of weeks. Over 3,100 boards have left that barn. Two of them, made in 2007 and 2013, are still on the same porches, photographed for her every autumn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo years ago a tremor started in her right hand. She can still cut a board and sand one smooth, but the fine lettering work needs a steady stroke and her hand will not hold it. “I won’t send out a sign with my name on it that isn’t right.” Her son runs a logistics company two states over. Her other granddaughter has her own path. \u003cstrong\u003eThere is no one left to take the brush, so this is the final run.\u003c\/strong\u003e When the barn empties there is no restock and no next batch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmma, 24, runs the online side through Marlow Market Co. and reads the customer messages out to her. \u003cstrong\u003eWilla keeps the prices well under what the work is worth, on purpose.\u003c\/strong\u003e “I don’t need the money. I need these ending up on porches where they’ll actually get used. I want somebody’s kid asking why the sign has a different picture on it every season.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- Guarantee --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hw-pdp__guarantee\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"hw-pdp__guarantee-title\"\u003e100% Satisfaction Guarantee\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"hw-pdp__guarantee-text\"\u003eHang it up and let it sit through a season. Test the wood, the paint, the hook, the medallion swap. If you are not fully satisfied for any reason, send it back within 30 days for a complete refund, no conditions and no questions. Willa has stood behind every board that left the barn for 38 years. This one is no different.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- Closing line --\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center !important; font-style: italic !important; color: #6e655b !important; margin-top: 28px !important;\" class=\"hw-pdp__p\"\u003eHand-made in Millhaven, Ohio · Final run, strictly limited · Ships within 3–5 business days · Delivery 3–10 days\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"CedarAndTin Co.","offers":[{"title":"Thanksgiving","offer_id":53271817552139,"sku":null,"price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Halloween","offer_id":53271817584907,"sku":null,"price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Welcome","offer_id":53271817617675,"sku":null,"price":59.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0916\/4272\/4619\/files\/hf_20260725_143229_c366b931-3eb9-4d21-a9e4-f0f9ef847f25.png?v=1784990056","url":"https:\/\/cedarandtinco.com\/products\/autumn-porch-signs","provider":"CedarAndTin Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}