30 Rustic Wood DIYs For Your Home

I love all things rustic and farmhouse, and rustic wood DIYs really make my heart skip a beat! Today, I thought I would share with you 30 DIYs that you can make to incorporate rustic wood into your home. Y’all enjoy!

Table of Contents

30 Rustic Wood DIYs

To simplify things, I have categorized all the craft projects by topic. This way, you can quickly find ideas that interest you the most. When you come across a project you like, just click the “read more” button to access the tutorial for that project. You can then pin or bookmark any projects you want to make later!

Also, I wanted to mention that in this roundup, I tried to include a variety of ”rustic wood styles”. For example, you will find projects that feature different types of wood shades (dark, medium, light, etc.), along with different types of home decor styles (such as farmhouse, beachy, etc.). Plus, I included some holiday/seasonal projects as well as event decor.

So, no matter your rustic style, we have something here for everyone! Grab some wood and make one of these fun projects today!

Barn Wood

The ultimate in rustic wood is barn wood! You can use it to create signs, cover a wall, or even make some furniture. Check out the projects below to see all the different ways that you can add barn wood to your home!

How to Make DIY Wooden Signs with Sayings

Learn how to make DIY wooden signs with sayings using your Cricut machine! A great way to make rustic art for your farmhouse-style home!

Barnwood Desk Hutch

A barnwood desk hutch is a shelving system made from barnwood that sits on top of a desk. It adds the perfect touch of rustic to your home and is so simple to make!

Rustic Barn Wood Sign

Do you love the character that is in old barn wood? Pick up a few pieces and let's make a new sign out of something old!

How to Make a Barn Wood Shelf

Learn how to make a barn wood shelf with step-by-step instructions, then add one of these beauties to your farmhouse-style home!

Make this love sign in minutes from barnwood! Perfect for Valentine's Day!

Rustic Love Sign from Barn Wood

Make this rustic love sign from barnwood in just minutes. This is perfect for Valentine's Day or all year long! Great rustic farmhouse home decor for you!

Make your own wood sign like this Lemonade sign with your Cricut machine. Amazing farmhouse style in minutes!

Make Your Own Wood Sign with Your Cricut

Learn how to make your own wood sign with your Cricut machine and a few supplies! Make a rustic, farmhouse-style fresh-squeezed lemonade sign for your home!

Mud Room Organization and Ideas -- incorporate these farmhouse style ideas into your own home!

Making a Barn Wood Frame

See how to make a barn wood frame with this tutorial! This is an awesome makeover of turning a plain mirror into something with farmhouse flair.

Learn how to make a barnwood sign with this quick and easy tutorial! A great faux paint finish to get that barn wood look!

How To Paint A DIY Barnwood Sign

Make this barnwood sign using a super simple paint technique to get that barn wood look. A quick and easy project perfect for your farmhouse!

My Barnwood Christmas Mantel

Looking for some ideas to decorate your mantel this Christmas? Then grab some barnwood and see how I decorated my mantel for the Holidays!

Rustic Wood

If you can’t get access to barn wood, don’t underestimate what you can do with other types of rustic wood! For instance, pallet wood, tobacco sticks, driftwood, and even wood slices can be used to bring that rustic wood look into your home.

Rustic Sweet Tea Sign -- a great sign for outdoors and easy to make as well!

How to Make a Rustic Sweet Tea Wood Sign

This DIY rustic wood sign is the perfect addition to any outdoor area and also a fun addition to any space in your home! With a southern vibe.

Rustic Wall Art from a Wood Slice

Grab your supplies and make some rustic wall art for your home in just minutes. We are decorating a rustic wood slice that will look great in any room!

DIY Mason Jar Wall Decor

Make this mason jar on wood to hang on your wall. Gorgeous home decor perfect for any room of your farmhouse-style home!

wood slab turned into a double photo frame

DIY Double Picture Frame

Use this simply blessed SVG file to create a fun DIY double picture frame! Made with wood, this rustic photo frame is great as a gift!

Rustic Wood Arrow DIY Tutorial

Want to make your own rustic wood arrow? Follow with this DIY tutorial and you will soon have arrows popping up all over the place!

Fish-Shaped Driftwood Wall Art

Make this driftwood wall art for your home. This quick and easy beach home decor will look great in your home or beach house!

DIY Wooden Pumpkins from Log Slices

Make these DIY wooden pumpkins from log slices for some great Halloween decor! Perfect for your rustic, farmhouse-style home!

Wood Slice Santa Ornament for your Christmas Tree - a quick and easy holiday craft idea! Perfect for crafting with kids!

Wood Slice Christmas Ornaments: Santa Claus

Wooden ornaments add lovely rustic charm to the holiday season. Use this tutorial to make Santa Wood Slice Christmas Ornaments for your tree!

Vintage Items

A great way to add a rustic wood touch is to incorporate a few vintage items into your home. These could include items such as ladders, a vintage wooden cheese box, wooden baskets, wooden frames, and more. There are a ton of options, and it is a great way to add rustic wood to your home in minutes!

Rustic Farmhouse Bedroom Decor -- get great ideas here for a rustic farmhouse bedroom on a budget. Mix vintage and new items for a gorgeous space in your home.

Rustic Farmhouse Bedroom: The Reveal

Tons of pictures of this rustic farmhouse bedroom to give you ideas for your home! Give your home decor a farmhouse appeal today!

Framing Vintage Quilt Squares

Frame vintage quilt squares as art in your home. Grab a few wood frames and vintage quilt squares to hang unique art on your walls in minutes!

side view of a diy farmhouse coca cola tray

DIY Tray from an Old Coke Crate

Make this DIY tray from an old Coke crate and add it to your rustic farmhouse style home. This is perfect for entertaining or just using as home decor!

Fake The Rustic Look

You can totally fake that rustic look as well! Turn something from around your home, the craft store, or even a thrift store into something that looks like it has been around for 100 years. Learn how by following these tutorials!

DIY Wooden Dough Bowl with Paint

Learn how to make a DIY wooden dough bowl with a bowl and some paint! This farmhouse-style faux paint treatment will look great in any room of your home!

rustic wood ampersand with faux rust finish

Rust Effect Paint for a Rustic Finish on Any Surface

This rust effect paint is the perfect way to add a rustic finish to any surface! An authentic rust finish with just a few bottles of product!

Farmhouse chalkboard with wooden and painted accents with wooden beads

Farmhouse-Style DIY Rustic Chalkboard

Get your supplies and make a rustic chalkboard for your farmhouse! This quick and easy painting project will look great in your home.

Large Glass Terrarium with Farmhouse Style

Decorate a large glass terrarium with succulents and add to any room for a touch of farmhouse style. This 10-minute project has a big impact!

Learn how to create a chipped paint finish on any surface with two different paint techniques!

How To Create A Chippy Paint Finish

Create a chippy paint finish for any DIY project big or small with this technique. It uses candle wax to give an authentic aged appearance!

wreath with greenery on a farmhouse window

Farmhouse Window with a Wreath

Take an unfinished window and make this farmhouse window with the fun addition of a wreath. Perfect for your front door or even your mantel!

Decorating a Wooden Box with Iron-On (HTV)

Try decorating a wooden box in minutes with iron-on vinyl and a wood box. A quick and easy craft perfect for your farmhouse style home.

DIY Rustic Wedding Signs

These DIY rustic wedding signs are perfect for weddings! In about 15 minutes, you will have rustic decor ready for the big day.

Make this rustic wood sign for Christmas! A super easy project that uses any board that you have on hand!

Easy DIY Holiday Rustic Wood Sign

Make this rustic wood sign using an old board and Krylon spray paint. This technique is great for a unique sign for any time of the year!

Rustic Christmas Ornaments from Wood Spools

Make these rustic Christmas ornaments in minutes with wood spools! A quick and easy way to add to your country-style Christmas decor!

Use these ideas to add some rustic wood touches to your own home. Hopefully, I have inspired you to add some rustic wood DIYs to your own farmhouse-style home.

5 More Rustic Wood Ideas

Did you love these rustic wood DIYs and are looking for more rustic wood ideas? Then check out the projects below!

4 Comments

Inline Feedbacks

View all comments

livingrurallifeinahumbleabode

12 years ago

Lovely site. I am happy to have found it. I can’t wait to search and enjoy my finds. Blessings.

Beth

Thanks for the link love and your excellent post, Angie!

maryon clark

11 years ago

this is fabulous will sure help to get thru long winter cold snowy days

Reply to maryon clark

just found you and will never leave this site