Rustic Wood Banner Sign

by Cassie Kent

This Rustic Wood Banner sign is a perfect staple piece in your home, because you can easily interchange the banner as the seasons or holidays change!

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Supplies:

Reclaimed Lumber (17in. piece for this project)

Wood Stain or Paint

Sand Paper

6 Wooden Bunting Flags (Michaels)

Alphabet Stickers in font of your choice

White Spray Paint

Color Spray Paint of your choice

2 Acrylic Drawer Knobs

Ribbon

Picture hanging mount

1. Choose the 6 wooden bunting flags you want to use

2. Spray paint them with a base coat of a light color (or dark is your main color is light), do 2 coats depending on how the wood absorbs the paint. DO NOT skip this step you need a base coat of paint, if you leave the wood bare the paint will bleed and the letters will not be legible

3. Take your alphabet stickers and put them on your flags, spelling out the word you want

4. Spray paint them the color you want, this one is Rustoleam Paprika and I spelled out FALL

5. After paint has dried, peel away sticker gently, to expose the base coat color and spell out your word. Choose a thin ribbon to string the flags together and hang up on your backboard

6. Start on the backboard itself, by cutting the wood to the size you want to work with, mine was 17inches long, and I sand papered all the jagged edges adn splinters to make a somewhat smooth surface

7. Stain the board in the color you want, I made a variety of colors- white wash, ebony, and a grey mixture of paint and stain to achieve the look I wanted

8. Drill two holes in the right and left hand corners

9. Take your acrylic drawer knobs and put the screw end through the back of the hole and then twist the knob until secure

10. Hammer the picture mount on the back of the board so that you can hang the board on the wall

11. Tie flag bunting ribbon to the knobs on either side of the board

12. Decide where to put this incredible decor piece up in your house!

This is my "Fall" sign up in action on my shelves! I love it so so much!

What is SO great about this sign is that it is interchangeable. Just swap out banners as the seasons change, or as your mood changes. You could paint the back of these flags too, for more bang for your buck. If you stock piled the wooden flags you can just go to town on however many signs and phrases you want displayed! The base will always be the same, but your banners can change! You can even swap out knobs for more of a variety. Here is another banner I have made for our home: