Teak Quarterboards with gold leaf letters, made by Designs & Signs in Edgewater, Maryland. Hand carved teak quarterboards with gilded letters and a hand painted outline. All of our custom quarterboards are fashioned by hand from start to finish, and protected by a water base ultraviolet protective clear coat. Our clear coat last much longer […]

Another beautiful architectural mural. Thank you Bond Street Wharf! We love painting murals and if I’m not mistaken this is the largest hand painted mural in North America. We had a few good friends assisting us on this project. Brendon Brandon, Kevin Nick and Albert Churm, along with Billy Picket, completed the entire mural in […]

Hand carved mahogany sign finished with palladium leaf. Installed at a residential property in Severna Park, Maryland. Designs & Signs manufactures a variety of carved signs for commercial and residential use. Please contact us for a quote! Hand Carved Mahogany Sign w/ Palladium Leaf! Wow. We also install gold leaf numbers on glass transom for […]

Architectural Gilding at The Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland. Designs & Signs applied traditional gold leaf to carved monument letters. These photos show both phases of a typical surface gilding project. First size is applied to the surface that is to be gilded. When the size begins to set the gold leaf is […]

We make great community entrance signs. Call us, we can make a sandblasted sign for you with HDU or Cedar! We also offer routed signs, pin-mounted dimensional letters. We can also build walls and posts with brick or stone. Sandblasted sign for Ward Circle in Washington, DC. This sand blasted sign was designed, fabricated, and installed […]

Glass gilding by Designs & Signs. Gold leaf transom numbers designed and installed at a private residence in Washington, DC. This traditional 23 karat double gold leaf is installed by hand with a black painted outline and protective black backup paint. With proper care gold leaf numbers will last a lifetime. We have many gold leaf […]