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DIY Reversible Farmhouse Wood Sign

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A Reversible Farmhouse Wood Sign is the perfect way to add a rustic touch to your home decor and making it reversible saves you space too! Learn how here.
Category DIY & Craft
Topic Farmhouse Love, woodworking
Keyword diy farmhouse wood sign, diy wood sign
Prep Time 15 minutes
Crafting Time 45 minutes
Drying time 2 hours
Total Time 3 hours
Pieces 1 Piece
Author Camila Rojas
Cost 15

Equipment

  • Hammer
  • Jigsaw (if you are cutting your own boards)

Ingredients

  • 2 X – 230mm x 45mm x 18mm
  • 2 X – 266mm x 45mm x 18mm
  • 1 wood board 230mm x 230mm x 16mm
  • White latex paint
  • Grey latex paint
  • Wood stain your favorite color
  • Quote vinyl stencil
  • Sandpaper
  • Headless nails
  • Wood glue
  • Brushes
  • Plastic plate
  • Cotton cloth

Instructions

STEP 1: WHITE-WASH YOUR BOARD

  • Whitewash your wood sign board (dilute white paint with water 1:1) and sand it.
  • Sand your wood boards to avoid splinters.

STEP 2: START PAINTING YOUR FRAME BOARDS

  • Now, this is a fun part. You want to give your boards that weathered look.
  • Give your boards rough strokes with your brush using your grey paint on all 4 sides. Don’t worry about where or if it covers. This is absolutely random and imperfect.
  • Set aside to let it dry.

STEP 3: STENCIL YOUR WOOD SIGN

  • Get your wood sign board. Place your vinyl stencil as centered as you can, rub it well and remove the transfer tape.
  • Paint your pretty quote and let it dry.

STEP 4: GO BACK TO FRAME BOARDS

  • Go back to your frame boards and now repeat the prices with the white paint. Again just rough strokes randomly on all 4 sides.
  • Let it dry again.

STEP 5: PEEL OFF THE STENCILS

  • It’s time to carefully remove the stencil from your wood sign. Peel off the stencil and then remove any small pieces left behind.
  • There you go!!! SOOO pretty.
  • Repeat the process with the other side of your wood sign.

STEP 6: SAND YOUR FRAME BOARDS

  • Again go back to your frame wood boards and sand them. Sand them hard and well. You want to remove as much as possible of the paint. You will see that a lot of the paint got into the wood design and will look like oooold wood.
  • When finished, clean your wood pieces very well to remove dust.

STEP 7: STAIN YOUR FRAME BOARDS

  • Then stain your boards with your favorite stain color, I used walnut.
  • Apply the stain to all boards and then rub it with a cotton cloth.
  • Go back to your wood sign and sand off a little bit of your design. Just a little to give it the same old look.

STEP 8: TIME TO FRAME YOUR REVERSIBLE FARMHOUSE WOOD SIGN.

  • Present all the pieces to make sure everything fits.
  • Remove the wood sign and glue 2 sides and the base boards.
  • Then nail them together.
  • Insert the wood sign as centered as you can inside the frame.
  • Secure with nails on the sides.
  • Lastly, put the last side in place and add glue to the ends. Secure with nails.
  • There you go! One pretty and Reversible Farmhouse Wood Sign that you can use any time anywhere!