Easy DIY Crafts: Wooden Farmhouse Gate Wall Hanging

Wooden crafts always give an aesthetic look to home decor. Make your own ‘Old’ farmhouse gate wall hanging that gives a beautiful look to your room. Below are the steps courtesy of littleredbrickhouse.com

Place the 6 feet boards at a 1.5-inch distance from each other. Place 2 boards across them with the angles board in between. Assemble it with wood glue and nails.

Next, draw an arch on the top of the gate with a pencil.

Using a jigsaw, carefully cut out the arch

Sand the edges round to get rid of any obvious splinters from the fresh cuts.

Apply the stain of your choice to give the gate a smooth appearance.

Wait for the stain to dry up and add a leaf or flower wreath on it and the ‘Old’ Farmhouse Gate is ready to be hanged!

Easy DIY Crafts: Wooden Christmas Tree

Wooden Christmas trees are ideal because they last forever and are much easier to store than most fake trees on the market. Also, when you make a DIY Christmas tree substitute, you can save a lot of money in the process. Below are the steps courtesy of ourhomemadeeasy.com

Cut your wooden pieces and take as many pieces you want for the tree for each level.

Cut the pieces at a 10* angle. This is relatively easy as it doesn’t need to be perfect.

Stain the boards first with the wood stain and then with the green stain and let it dry well. 

Take your furring strip and lie down your pieces like in the photo above. They should overlap about 3/4. Continue building up until you reach the height of your tree. Using a nailer, nail your pieces into the furring strip. 

Place a small amount of white acrylic paint on a plate. Lightly drip your chip brush in the paint. Carefully flick the brush over your tree to flock it.

Cut a base out of some leftover plywood. You could make it a wavy shape or leave it rectangular. Paint it white.

Attach the trees to the base. Add some cotton as snow to soften the base a bit.

Your wooden Christmas tree is ready to use, You can add colorful lights or decorations or use it as the same.

Easy DIY Crafts: Reversible Wooden Wall Hanging

Wall hangings have always been used as a part of home decor. It increases the beauty of the area in which we hang the artifact. Let’s make a reversible wall hanging that can be changed according to your likes. Below are the steps courtesy of papernstitchblog.com

Take a 12-inch wood round and 12-inch wood square and mark the lines as shown in the above picture.

Cut the wooden circle along the middle line to create a perfect semi circle

Cut the wooden square along the 3 lines as shown in the above picture to create three rectangular pieces.

Next, drill the holes on the pieces as shown in the picture to put the strings into. 5 holes on the rectangular block and 2 at the bottom of the semicircle.

Use a copper wire to attach each piece together. Thread 4-6 inch pieces through each hole and twist until secure on the backside of the wall hanging.

Paint one side of the semicircle for the reversible effect and attach an eye hook to the very top of the wall hanging, so that it can be flipped over and hung with either side facing outward for two totally different looks.

You can hang the reversible wall hanging on any area of the wall and reverse it according to your mood.

Easy DIY Crafts: Wood Box Centerpiece

All of us love having antique handicrafts in our homes. It gives that area of the house a lovely aesthetic look. The wood box centerpiece offers you the same effect. Below are the steps courtesy of lovegrowswild.com

First, cut all your 1 x 6 pieces and then drill pocket holes as shown above. The top two pieces are the short sides, the next two pieces with pocket holes in each corner are the long sides, and the bottom piece will be the bottom of the box.

Use 1 1/4″ screw and attach the short sides to the long sides through the pre-drilled pocket holes.

Drop the bottom piece inside the box you’ve created and add screws to secure it. Sand all the edges down smoothly and wipe the box to remove any dust.

Add a coat of light white stain on the box to give it a chippy white stain with a darker stain on the wood under it.

Chip off the white paint a little on the corners and distress the paint so that it appears to be old. This gives the box an antique look. 

Add a drawer pull to each of the short sides. These can be available at a very low cost.

Add jars with any beautiful plants that you like and you’re good to go!