Advent Wood Products
Custom Cottage Driveway Sign – CNC-Carved Personalised Property Sign
Custom Cottage Driveway Sign – CNC-Carved Personalised Property Sign
✨ Custom Made to Order | Each piece is handcrafted specifically for you. We'll send you a design proof for approval before crafting your unique sign. 📦 Ships 2–3 weeks from design approval.
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Your cottage deserves a proper entrance. Not a plastic sign from a hardware store — a precision CNC-carved solid North American ash driveway sign that announces your property with the same craftsmanship you'd expect inside the cottage itself.
Designed specifically for post-mounted outdoor installation, this is a structural sign built to be read from a moving vehicle and to withstand decades of Canadian weather. Bold, high-contrast silhouette carvings — moose, bear, wolf, pine trees, mountain peak — are chosen for roadside legibility, not just aesthetics. Your property name, family name, or established year is carved beneath in classical spaced serif capitals.
Looking for a decorative wall sign, boathouse sign, or house name plate? See our Lake Living Personalised Sign for detailed scenic compositions suited to sheltered or wall-mounted display.
Why North American Ash?
- Exceptionally hard and dense — stands up to rain, frost, and UV exposure year-round
- Open grain takes stain and finish beautifully, enhancing carved detail
- Sustainably sourced Canadian timber
- The right species for a sign that lives outdoors permanently
What's Included
- Precision CNC-carved solid North American ash sign panel
- Your choice of bold silhouette icon carving
- Personalised text: property name, family name, and/or established year
- Hand-applied exterior finish in your choice of stain or paint colour
- Optional pre-drilled through-bolt mounting holes — select when ordering
Mounting
This listing is for the sign panel only — posts and hardware are not included. The sign is designed to be through-bolted to your own timber or metal posts using customer-supplied carriage bolts or lag screws. This is a deliberate choice: keyhole and surface-mount hardware can be easily removed, making it unsuitable for an unattended outdoor location. Through-bolting is permanent, secure, and the right solution for a driveway sign.
Select the pre-drill option when ordering and we'll drill appropriately sized and spaced through-holes before shipping so your sign is ready to mount straight off the truck.
Sizes
- 12" × 48" — $459 CAD (shipping included within Canada)
- 18" × 48" — $589 CAD (shipping included within Canada)
How It Works
- Select your size, icon, finish, personalisation details, and mounting preference when ordering
- After purchase, we'll provide a digital proof for your approval before carving begins
- Once approved, your sign is precision-carved, hand-finished, and shipped directly to you
Digital proofs are provided after purchase — this ensures every proof we create is for a committed customer and allows us to dedicate full attention to your design.
Materials
Materials
Here are the standard wood options
All our products are made from solid wood ie. no MDF or plywood unless specified for a custom order.
Wood by its very nature (being an all natural material) has its character traits ... some species more than others. Knotty Pine of course has knots and significant colour variation is possible.
Maple is more predictable with very few knots, and bring a fairly dense wood it machines precisely. Ash is similar with the added benefit of being more resistant to rot so a good fit for outdoor use.
Shipping & Returns
Shipping & Returns
We will start to make your sign AFTER any personalization has been approved via email [we send you a computer rendering within 72hrs of receiving your order]. It then takes about 5 days once you have given approval via email reply to carve, finish, pack & ship. During busy periods such as the Xmas rush this can increase to 2 weeks and larger / volume orders can also take longer.
NOTE: We are not responsible for delays caused by customs or other carrier-related delays out of our control. When your order ships you will get a calculated ESTIMATED time of arrival based on the carrier's own standards, but this is not a guaranteed arrival date.
We only ship with trackable methods such as Canada Post Expedited Parcel, UPS Ground, Purolator Ground, etc.
Contact us within 14 days of receipt with any damage or other product concerns. For returns we need to receive the product back within 30 days of you receiving it and it must be in new condition (unless of course it arrived damaged).
Dimensions
Dimensions
We actually make our products using mm but we will quote sizes in both mm & the closest inch dimensions. It's just way more precise to use mm in the workshop.
Care Instructions
Care Instructions
We use exterior grade paints and all sign products have an exterior clear coat on the front and edges.
We can paint the back side also if you ask.
As long as you avoid spilling anything on the wood or wipe off immediately then there should be minimal maintenance required ... wipe down with a damp cloth.
As with any wood product try to avoid excessive temperature fluctuations as the wood can distort. Some amount of fading is to be expected with any painted wood product exposed to the sun & elements over time ... much in the same way that the siding on a house or your car will fade in the sun eventually.
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Shipping info
- All orders are shipped with tracking so you can check on the latest ETA & for international orders you can see if Customs is looking for any additional info.
- For USA customers: our products are all exempt from tariffs under the USMCA.
- We cannot ship to a PO box as we use carriers other than the mail service.
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Hassle-Free Exchanges
- If your order arrives damaged then we will send a replacement provided you notify us within 14 days of receipt. Please note that the natural character traits of wood are not considered damage ... these are wood signs after all. We suggest the maple option if you prefer less in terms of "character".
- Any non-personalized products can be returned within 30 days for a refund, however you will need to pay for shipping if for any reason other than damage or wrong product and they must arrive back in the original condition.