C172 PLT HAD A RWY INCURSION AT HUT; AND AFTER BEING CLRED INTO POS; TOOK OFF WITHOUT CLRNC.

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AFTER CONTACTING GND CTL; I WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAXI TO THE RWY SIGN AND HOLD; AND THAT NO HOLD LINES WERE YET PAINTED ON THE RWY. (THE ARPT WAS UNDERGOING EXTENSIVE RWY REPAIRS AT THE TIME.) I SAW A SIGN INDICATING THE RWY I WAS INTENDING TO TAXI TO; SO I THOUGHT I WAS GOING THE CORRECT WAY. WHAT I HAD FAILED TO NOTICE WAS THAT THE SIGN I HAD PASSED WAS RED WITH WHITE LETTERING. GND CTL TOLD ME TO STOP IMMEDIATELY; AS I HAD GONE TOO FAR. I BECAME CONFUSED AS TO WHERE I SHOULD HAVE STOPPED AND WAS REPRIMANDED BY GND CTL. AS I LOOKED BACK FOR THE RWY SIGN; THE ACFT BEGAN TO CREEP FORWARD; AND I WAS AGAIN ORDERED TO STOP AND HOLD MY POS. I WAS REALLY MORE NERVOUS THAN I SHOULD HAVE BEEN; AND SHOULD HAVE ASKED FOR AND CAREFULLY LISTENED TO AND THEN FOLLOWED THE INSTRUCTIONS. AFTER ANOTHER FRUSTRATING EXCHANGE WITH GND CTL; I WAS TOLD TO TAXI INTO POS ON RWY 17 AND ADVISE WHEN I WAS READY FOR TKOF. AT THIS POINT; I WAS TOTALLY RATTLED; I MADE MY FINAL CHKS OF RADIOS; INSTS; FLAPS; ETC; AND PROCEEDED TO TAKE OFF. I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE TWR REQUESTING THAT I CALL THE TWR UPON LNDG WHICH I DID. THE CTLR EXPLAINED TO ME THAT I HAD TAXIED THROUGH A MANDATORY STOPPING POINT; THE RED RWY SIGN WITH WHITE LETTERING. HE FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT I HAD TAKEN OFF WITHOUT BEING CLRED FOR TKOF. I WAS COMPLETELY STUNNED. I ABSOLUTELY KNOW TO LISTEN FOR A CLRNC TO TKOF; I WAS SO NERVOUS AFTER FAILING TO STOP IN THE CORRECT POS; THAT I ALLOWED THAT TO INTERFERE WITH WHAT I KNOW ARE THE CORRECT PROCS AT A TWR CTLED ARPT; AND RUSHED INTO THE AIR. HE SUGGESTED THAT A THOROUGH REVIEW OF THE FARS REGARDING ARPT MARKINGS AND SIGNAGE WOULD BE USEFUL; AND TO REVIEW PROCS TO TWR CTLED ARPTS IMMEDIATELY. I HAVE NOW CONDUCTED A THOROUGH REVIEW OF THE FARS REGARDING ALL ARPT MARKINGS AND SIGNAGE; AS WELL AS ALL PROCS AT TWR CTLED ARPTS. IN ADDITION; I HAVE SCHEDULED A GND SCHOOL WITH A CFI TO MAKE SURE I HAVE NOT MISSED ANY IMPORTANT POINTS REGARDING ARPT MARKINGS; SIGNAGE; AND OPS. I FEEL THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: ONE; I HAD JUST RECENTLY RETURNED TO FLYING AFTER A 10 YR LAYOFF. I HAD READ THE FARS ABOUT ARPT MARKINGS; BUT I OBVIOUSLY MISSED THE DETAILS REGARDING ARPT SIGNAGE. I HAD GONE THROUGH SEVERAL HRS OF REVIEW WITH A CFI AS WAS NECESSARY TO SATISFY THE 'BFR' REQUIREMENTS; BUT WE DID NOT REVIEW ARPT MARKINGS. THE SECOND FACTOR WAS PROBABLY FATIGUE; AS I HAD JUST FINISHED A 10 HR; OVERNIGHT; SHIFT AT WORK. I MUST HAVE BEEN MORE TIRED THAN I THOUGHT I WAS. THIRD; MY HOME ARPT IS A SMALL; UNCTLED ARPT AS ARE MOST OF THE ARPTS I FREQUENT. THE SIGNAGE AT SUCH ARPTS IS SIMPLE; AND MY EXPERIENCE AT CTLED ARPTS IS EXTREMELY LIMITED. THIS PROB WILL BE ADDRESSED WITH A CFI BY GOING INTO ONE OR MORE CTLED ARPTS WITH A CFI ON BOARD. FOURTH; I SHOULD HAVE ASKED THE CTLR TO TELL ME EXACTLY WHERE TO STOP; SINCE THE ARPT WAS UNDERGOING REPAIR. IN ADDITION; I WILL WRITE DOWN TAXI INSTRUCTIONS AND CLRNCS AND BE SURE I UNDERSTAND BEFORE BEGINNING TO TAXI. I WAS FORTUNATE THAT THERE WERE NO OTHER ACFT OPERATING AT THE ARPT DURING THIS TIME; AND NO OTHER ACFT'S SAFETY WAS COMPROMISED BY MY ACTIONS. I STRIVE TO BE A GOOD PLT AND THIS HAS SHAKEN ME TO MY CORE. COMING BACK INTO FLYING AFTER SUCH A LONG TIME HAS REVEALED THAT PERIODIC REVIEW OF ALL THE FARS; IN DETAIL; IS A NECESSITY.