Blog posts from the sign makers at The Carving Company — Custom Address Sign

But what is it that grabs your attention and makes you really LOOK at a sign? It could be the shape, it could be the colors, but a BIG factor is the design, emblem, or logo a sign carries. Retail and promotional signs were the earliest forms of signs. These date back to antiquity. They would carry designs that could be recognized by non-literate citizens. We all know that the red and white striped pole means we can get a shave and a haircut – a variation of that sign dates back to the Middle Ages. In the 14 th century, English...

I Feel Like a Number…I’m Not a Number…  Remember that Bob Seger song? Unfortunately those are the only lines I remember and they go through my head over and over on days when we are carving mostly house number signs…And we carve A LOT of house number signs.  I know, I know, we ARE all more than numbers, but if you think about it we really can’t get along without them – we have social security numbers, phone numbers, employee numbers, tax ID numbers, and HOUSE NUMBERS.  If you want your mail delivered, or someone to come visit, or an...

ADDRESS SIGNS We make all sorts of signs here at The Carving Company! They are all custom signs. Address signs, house numbers, quarterboards, business signs, bar signs, camp signs, Hardwood Signs, welcome signs, no trespassing signs, all kinds of custom signs.... it's ENDLESS!  In this post, I'm going to focus on address signs.  We have made hundreds of address signs for our customers. We have several designs to choose from, or once in a while, a customer will strike out on their own with a new design. A lot of the time when that happens, that design will go on...