DIY Wood Wall Art

I am in full-blown makeover mode, in case you haven’t noticed.

From the blog to my living room, I’m obviously on a change-type kick. While I’m still working on those other things {they’re taking a smidge longer than expected due to funds required}, I had the itch to get another project done in the mean time. My walls in my bedroom have been completely bare since we moved in five years ago and that has now changed!

Are you ready for all the details on how you can make your own DIY Wood Wall Art? Get ready….

Here’s a quick peek at what my bedroom looked like before. Looks okay, but nothing special. It needed help!

Materials:

2′ x 4′ piece of birch plywood * cream paint * wood stain

stencil * wrapping paper * tape measure * scissors

pencil * yarn * staple gun * jig saw * sandpaper

Round up the wrapping paper, scissors, and tape measure. These will be used to create the shape of your finished wood art.

1. Cut the wrapping paper to the size of your plywood piece. Fold it in half so that you have the white side of the paper facing out.

2. Free hand half of the shape that you have in mind.

3.  Cut around the image.

4. Open it up and you should have a symmetrical image!

5. Lay out your template onto the plywood and carefully trace around the edges.

7. Now I totally could have used the jigsaw on my own, but the Husband wanted to have his hand in the project too. Take your time to cut carefully along the lines that you traced onto the plywood.

8. Sand around the edges of the cut plywood with a heavy grit sandpaper.

9. Apply the stencil of what you’d like on your wall art. I cut mine with my Silhouette and used vinyl I had laying around my craft room.

10. Apply the cream paint to the stencil, but make sure not to go outside the edges. Trust me and learn from my mistakes!

11. When the paint has dried, carefully apply a layer of stain to the plywood. Apply it in sections and wipe away the excess stain to reveal the grain of the wood. Allow the stain to dry a minimum of 4 to 6 hours. I let mine dry overnight.

12. I had quite the mishap with the wood stain, so I knew there was no way I was attempting to stain the outer edges. Instead, I chose to use a chocolate brown acrylic paint around the sides. Much easier to manage. 🙂

I waffled back and forth on what to do to hang this beauty. I debated using a wall hanging kit, but I ended up going with a cheap and easy fix. I cut a length of yarn and staple gunned the crap out of each side. Super technical, right? Use a couple of small nails to finish hanging it and it’s ready to go!

Doesn’t it look so much better? The little cheese ball on the bed helps things out a bit too. 🙂

So what do you think? Could you see putting this up in your home too?

Linking Here:

Sumo’s Sweet Stuff * Skip to My Lou * Oopsey Daisy

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