How to Make Farmhouse Wall Decor – Fixer Upper Style
Hey everyone! I gotta be honest, I’m kinda giddy about today’s farmhouse wall decor project. If you’re anything like me, and are Fixer Upper obsessed, you’ll totally get it. The wall decor she uses is so unique and farmhouse-y with chippy-pealy paint and great architectural shapes. This project actually started out as a cool find on one of our trips to the Brimfield Antiques Show & Flea Market where I picked up this old shutter for $20.
I liked it because of the depth of the panels and, believe it or not, the color. At first I left it mostly as is and hung it in my family room to go with the coffee table. Then it got replaced with seasonal decor and tucked away in a closet where I happened to find it recently while looking for something else. SCORE! I pulled it out and decided to give it some new life.
I wanted to lighten it up a bit and make it more versatile so I started with a coat of chalk paint. I didn’t sand it or prep it in any way other than to wipe it clean. I wanted all of the cracks and layers of paint to show through. After it dried, I hit it with the palm sander and really brought out the colors and wood from the other layers.
I wanted to add a bit more depth and character to it by adding another element to this farmhouse wall decor. I thought about hanging little glass jars down on each section for flowers but I wanted something a bit more solid. Then my husband found these in our junk pile.
I know what you’re thinking. What could you possibly do with that? Well, I still had the vase idea stuck in my head so we took some pieces of this drain pipe and cut them down with a grinder with a diamond blade. Not necessarily what it’s for but effective.
The edges were a bit sharp so hubby filed them down so they were safe. Then he screwed one to each panel of the shutter.
You can’t actually see it, but I hot glued some floral styrofoam to the bottom of each one to hold in the flowers. I have to be honest, that was a pain in the behind! But it worked.
You can see the thrift store stool makeover HERE and the Antique sewing table makeover HERE.
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For a project that I kind of made up a long the way, I really like the way this farmhouse wall decor came out in all it’s farmhouse-y, chippy rusty goodness. I love adding these unique pieces to my home. In fact, I may have to look for other shutters to do some more projects with at our annual Brimfield trip in a couple months. That’s the thing, you never know what you’ll find there. I can’t wait!
Do you have a project that you did on the fly and you love how it turned out? Sometimes those are the best kind and to those and all of the planned projects out there…
Happy DIY’ing!
Col
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After many years of your posts, this is still my very favorite project! There are others I swoon over too but this one…I just can’t get enough! I can’t tell you how many times I’ve looked for a shutter like this and I doubt I’ll ever find one but that’s ok, I’ve always got your post to fall back on when I need a fix! Lol
Thank you SO much, Shirley! I loved this one too!
This is great! Thanks so much for sharing at TFT. Pinning!
Thank you, Amber! It was one of my favorite projects!
I love farmhouse decor, your door turned out great!!!
Thank you for sharing last week on OMHGW w/Linky I just wanted to let you know your post is being featured this week and is Pinned and will be shared on Instagram.
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Hope you have a great week!
Thank you, Karren!!
Amazing how nice it came out! We practically had to quit watching Fixer Upper because we wanted to do every project. LOL
Thank you, Donna!
You did great, I love the end look!!!
Thanks, Sabrina!
This is so fabulous! I’m from southern California and recently moved to Texas. My husband and I have been trying to turn our sleek, modern furniture and decor to farmhouse… it is a slow and awkward process, but things like this inspire me to keep going! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you, Sara!
Love this idea. It adds such charm and farmhouse style to any decor.
I absolutely love what you did with this! And the cotton stems are a beautiful finishing touch! 🙂
I’d like to invite you to share this at the brand-new Farmhouse Friday link party which kicks off this Friday at 6:00 am PST! I am giving away a $50 Amazon gift certificate to celebrate, and I will also share your linkup on DIY Farmhouse Style Facebook group where I admin, which at this writing has over 130k members! 🙂
Hope to see you on Friday!
Michelle
The Painted Hinge
http://www.thepaintedhinge.com
Thank you, Michelle! I will definitely check out the link party. It sounds like just my thing! 🙂
Wow! I just love what you did with this shutter. The rusty cans really make a statement and are gorgeous with the cotton.
Thank you, Alison!
This is so pretty! I love how the one shutter is different, very cool touch!
I’ve featured you in this weekend’s DIY Salvaged Junk Projects. Thanks for linking up! 🙂
Thank you!
Joanna would be so proud! That is awesome. And SO FIXER UPPER-y.
🙂 gwingal
Thank you, Nikki!
We are currently building our own home and I am SO excited to decorate it with this type of decor!! Thanks for the great idea and tutorial. Love it!
Thanks, Sammi! Good luck with your build!
Looks beautiful! Thank you for linking up with us at #HomeMattersParty . We would like to see you again next week.
Thank you!