This DIY American Flag Wood sign features a fun painting technique and transfer that compliments any summer décor style!

Who’s ready for SUMMER!?!  Today’s project is an American Flag Wood Sign that’s perfect for anyone who loves to add some red, white and blue to their home for the summer.  Let me show you how I created this design using a unique, but super simple painting technique.

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This is the best Summer Décor Idea! Make your own DIY American Flag Wood Sign using this patriotic themed budget friendly home décor tutorial.

Supplies you’ll need to create your own American Flag Wood Sign:

 

This is the best Summer Décor Idea! Make your own DIY American Flag Wood Sign using this patriotic themed budget friendly home décor tutorial.

This project starts with a Large Wood Round from Twin Knobs Woodworks.  Twin Knobs offers these rounds in 16″ – 24″ sizes.  I used a 16″ for this project.  Grab the right size for you project HERE.

This is the best Summer Décor Idea! Make your own DIY American Flag Wood Sign using this patriotic themed budget friendly home décor tutorial.

Begin by applying a layer of No Pain Gel Stain in the color Picklin’ White to the entire wood round surface using a clean cloth.

This is the best Summer Décor Idea! Make your own DIY American Flag Wood Sign using this patriotic themed budget friendly home décor tutorial.

Rub the Gel Stain into the surface of the wood making sure to wipe back an excess.

PRO TIP:  Be sure to wear gloves when using gel stain products to protect your hands from the product.

This is the best Summer Décor Idea! Make your own DIY American Flag Wood Sign using this patriotic themed budget friendly home décor tutorial.

Next, we will use Silk All-In-One Mineral Paint in the color Nautical for the upper right hand portion of the sign.

This is the best Summer Décor Idea! Make your own DIY American Flag Wood Sign using this patriotic themed budget friendly home décor tutorial.

You’ll need to create a “wash” from the paint.  To do this, use a spray bottle to add water to the paint until you get an ink consistency.

This is the best Summer Décor Idea! Make your own DIY American Flag Wood Sign using this patriotic themed budget friendly home décor tutorial.

Be sure you have your sign taped off so that it looks like an American Flag.  Then, add the watered down blue paint to the upper right hand portion of the sign using a small paint brush.

This is the best Summer Décor Idea! Make your own DIY American Flag Wood Sign using this patriotic themed budget friendly home décor tutorial.

Now comes the fun part!

This is the best Summer Décor Idea! Make your own DIY American Flag Wood Sign using this patriotic themed budget friendly home décor tutorial.

Grab a stiff bristle brush and press and pull the paint off.  Then, wipe off the brush and repeat the process.  I used a kitchen brush, but any stiff bristled brush should accomplish the same effect.

This is the best Summer Décor Idea! Make your own DIY American Flag Wood Sign using this patriotic themed budget friendly home décor tutorial.

Now, go the other direction to achieve a linen/denim look. Notice how I scraped and skipped a section, then scraped again.  If you don’t do that your pattern will look just like the first one and not weaved.

This is the best Summer Décor Idea! Make your own DIY American Flag Wood Sign using this patriotic themed budget friendly home décor tutorial.

Now let’s do the stripes!

This is the best Summer Décor Idea! Make your own DIY American Flag Wood Sign using this patriotic themed budget friendly home décor tutorial.

I did the same thing for the stripes, however I only scraped with the brush it in one direction in order to create a striped effect.

This is the best Summer Décor Idea! Make your own DIY American Flag Wood Sign using this patriotic themed budget friendly home décor tutorial.

This is the best Summer Décor Idea! Make your own DIY American Flag Wood Sign using this patriotic themed budget friendly home décor tutorial.

You can see here how I only used my brush to scrape in one direction and the look it created in the following photos.

This is the best Summer Décor Idea! Make your own DIY American Flag Wood Sign using this patriotic themed budget friendly home décor tutorial.

This is the best Summer Décor Idea! Make your own DIY American Flag Wood Sign using this patriotic themed budget friendly home décor tutorial.

This is the best Summer Décor Idea! Make your own DIY American Flag Wood Sign using this patriotic themed budget friendly home décor tutorial.

This is a closer look at the bristles on the Kitchen Brush I used.

This is the best Summer Décor Idea! Make your own DIY American Flag Wood Sign using this patriotic themed budget friendly home décor tutorial.

I got my heat tool out at this point to speed up the drying process on this section.  Once it was dry and cooled, I used clear wax on my piece. I started with the white stripe, then moved on to the red and finally the blue.   I made sure to adjust the area of the cloth I was using in order to keep it clean as I moved along the sections.

This is the best Summer Décor Idea! Make your own DIY American Flag Wood Sign using this patriotic themed budget friendly home décor tutorial.

See how even after drying it still picked up some color.  This is why I don’t just wax the whole thing at once.  I don’t want my colors to blend into each other.

This is the best Summer Décor Idea! Make your own DIY American Flag Wood Sign using this patriotic themed budget friendly home décor tutorial.

Next, grab Best Dang Wax in Brown!

This is the best Summer Décor Idea! Make your own DIY American Flag Wood Sign using this patriotic themed budget friendly home décor tutorial.

I try and always use clear wax first, if I am planning on using dark wax.  This is because the clear wax acts as an eraser, if you will, just in case I get a little heavy handed with my dark wax.

This is the best Summer Décor Idea! Make your own DIY American Flag Wood Sign using this patriotic themed budget friendly home décor tutorial.

Using a clean portion of the waxing cloth, add accents of brown wax to the flag.  I focused on adding it to the transition from white to red and along the edges of the blue.

This is the best Summer Décor Idea! Make your own DIY American Flag Wood Sign using this patriotic themed budget friendly home décor tutorial.

This is the finished flag with paint and wax!

This is the best Summer Décor Idea! Make your own DIY American Flag Wood Sign using this patriotic themed budget friendly home décor tutorial.

Finally, to give my American Flag a bit more interest, I added a Chalk Couture Transfer called “America the Beautiful”.

This is the best Summer Décor Idea! Make your own DIY American Flag Wood Sign using this patriotic themed budget friendly home décor tutorial.

Chalk Couture Transfers are super easy to work with. You’ll start by placing the transfer.

This is the best Summer Décor Idea! Make your own DIY American Flag Wood Sign using this patriotic themed budget friendly home décor tutorial.

Then, add Chalkology Paste.  I used the color Shimmer Silver for the stars.

This is the best Summer Décor Idea! Make your own DIY American Flag Wood Sign using this patriotic themed budget friendly home décor tutorial.

And Black Velvet for the letters/numbers.

This is the best Summer Décor Idea! Make your own DIY American Flag Wood Sign using this patriotic themed budget friendly home décor tutorial.

Make sure to add a thin even layer of paste, wipe back the excess and promptly remove the silkscreen transfer.

This is the best Summer Décor Idea! Make your own DIY American Flag Wood Sign using this patriotic themed budget friendly home décor tutorial.

This was my finished product!   It’s perfect for the Summer months and can be used as shown or made into a wall or door hanger.

This is the best Summer Décor Idea! Make your own DIY American Flag Wood Sign using this patriotic themed budget friendly home décor tutorial.

The layout of today’s design was inspired by a project I saw by Robin Schmit.  Who do you get inspiration from for your projects?  Tell me on social!!  Find me on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest!   Also – be sure to share your finished projects with me by tagging @rusticorchardhome on Facebook and @rustic_orchard_home on Instagram!

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