DIY Easy Farmhouse Sign

Today I`m going to make DIY farmhouse sign for my kitchen and show you how easily you can do it too. Farmhouse style is everywhere lately and everyone loves it, so let`s go and start with this simple and easy DIY project. 

All it takes is wood planks, a bit of paint, and a printer and you can pretty much make any kind of farmhouse sign you'd like cheaply and easily. 

We were happy to have pile of reclaimed wood in our cottage. Maybe some would call it junk, but I call it treasure! Love, love, love the weathered look on this piece of wood! It was in the sun, rain and snow for years and turned in farmhouse beauty... The other one is a scrap piece of wood, left over from another project. 
If you want to see how easy is to them this into cute farmhouse signs, just keep reading...

Materials used:

Wood plank (size of your choice)

Paint

Paint brush

Computer printer

Printing paper

Tape

Sander or sandpaper

Clear varnish

Hanging kit

Tutorial:

You can choose to leave your wood raw or paint - stain it in color of your choice. Anyhow, sand and wipe down your wood planks first. One plank was darker and weathered and the other one was brand new. I decided to give them both just a light white wash. I thought that a combination of raw wood and a little bit of white wash would be pretty in our kitchen.

To create the letters, I made my own stencils by printing the letters I needed on paper. You can just use Microsoft Word (like I do) or PicMonkey or Canva to design your words or letters on a page to print.

After your prints are done, take a pen and trace (scribble) the back of each letter.

You will want to make sure that the letters are fully saturated (if you`re having hard time to see your letters, place the print on the window and than you can see the letters through the back layer of paper).

Once you have each letter traced, cut off all excess paper. Now, it is time to figure out spacing. Lay out all of your letter across the board and tape them in place. For this technique you must tape them down or your letters will get messed up.

Now, take your pen and go over the outline of each letter. Check if there`s marks on the board once in a while and correct if needed. 

Once you have your letters outlined on the board, remove the paper, take your sharpie and go over the outline of the letters. Do not worry about the outline being bold, we will distress it later.

Now it is time to paint! Using the acrylic craft paint fill in the outlined letters. I again just did one coat as to not make the lettering too bold.

After you have traced and colored in all letters, allow sign to dry.

After the piece is dry take the sandpaper and gently go over the sign distressing it in some areas and dulling the words in others. This was my favorite part! Once your sanding is complete take your wet rag and gently wipe off your farmhouse sign. 

Last, finish with a coat of clear varnish, add hooks for hanging  and your new sign is ready to go on the wall. So stinking easy and cool!

Now, let`s take a look of them in my kitchen...

What do you think? Are you going to try this easy DIY farmhouse decor?

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Uskrsnji Baner DIY & Free Printable

Zdravo svima! Nadam se da ste dobro i da već uživate u vikendu! Kao što znate, Uskrs nam se ubrzano približava i ako želimo da ga dočekamo bez žurbe i stresa, vreme je da osmislimo i najlepši način da ga proslavimo. 

Kao i svake godine, svi planiramo šarena jaja, svečanu trpezu i slasne dezerte, ali ja sam odlučila da istovremeno osmislim i neke dekoracije kojima ću još više ulepšati praznike i uveseliti svoju porodicu i prijatelje. 

Jedna od jednostavnih, a opet tako efektnih dekoracija svakako je i veseli baner kojim se može ukrasiti bilo koji deo doma. Praznik je i zato neka sve zrači radošću i bojama proleća! 

Kako nisam uspela da pronađem nešto što mi se dopada na internetu, odlučila sam da sama kreiram svoj baner. Izabrala sam prolećne, pastelne tonove i simpatične uzorke i želim da ih podelim sa vama!

Za ovaj jednostavni projekat potrebno je:
- odštampan baner -  PREUZMI OVDE
- karton
- makaze
- lepak
- ukrasni konac, vunica ili kanap

Tutorijal:

Odštampati baner na A4 papiru ili tanjem kartonu, iseći i zalepiti na deblji karton radi veće stabilnosti.

Na gotova slova na poleđini zalepiti selotejpom konac po izboru u pravilnom razmaku. Obavezno složite slova unatrag i lepite od kraja! Ostale ukrase (cveće, zeke, jaja itd.) možete pronaći svuda na internetu. Ako vam se dopadaju ovi uskršnji oblici, možete ih preuzeti ovde.

Gotov baner zakačiti na željeno mesto i gotovo!! Nadam se da vam se moja ideja dopala i da će uveseliti i vašu porodicu i prijatelje!