Farmhouse buyers are not shopping for a trinket, they are furnishing a room, and that one fact should change what you make. So this DIY farmhouse decor to make and sell is all wall art, signs, trays, shelf pieces and station boards, the bigger things people carry home and hang up the same afternoon. I am not a woodworker and I will never pretend to be, but I have sanders, saws, a jigsaw and a Dremel I adore, and turning something plain into a piece someone will pay for is my favorite kind of project there is. Every one here gives you the supplies, roughly what they run and what the finished piece sells for. Perfect for home decor markets, a shop booth, a holiday pop-up or custom orders from people who have seen your work. Would you rather make small things people buy on impulse? Try the rustic country crafts to make and sell.
DIY Farmhouse Ideas to Sell
DIY farmhouse decor sells best when it is something a buyer hangs, stands or stages in a room. Plug in sconces cost about $15 to $25 each and sell for about $55 to $90, the highest price per piece on the page. A pallet wood farmhouse clock costs about $10 to $18, mostly the movement, and sells for about $60 to $110 depending on diameter. Wall pieces carry prices that small trinkets never will.
1. DIY Jute Rope Tray
You coil jute rope around a plain tray base, glue as you go, and a $3 thrift store tray turns into the kind of thing people photograph on an ottoman. Make three sizes and let buyers pick, because nobody buying farmhouse decor to make and sell ever wants just the small one.
- Supplies: a flat tray or wood round, jute rope, hot glue, optional stain for the handles.
- Approx cost: about $5 to $8 per tray.
- Sells for: about $28 to $45. Trays read as furniture, not craft, so they carry a furniture price.
Get the full tutorial at DIY JOY.
2. Customizable Chevron Arrow Wall Decor
The arrows come preassembled, which is the whole trick here. You paint, distress and add whatever word or name the buyer wants, so one shape sells over and over in ten different finishes. Wall decor that is genuinely fast to batch is rare, and this is one.
- Supplies: preassembled wood arrows, chalk or craft paint, stencils or vinyl letters, sandpaper.
- Approx cost: about $6 to $10 each.
- Sells for: about $25 to $40, and more when it is personalized, because a name doubles what people will pay and costs you nothing extra.
Get the full tutorial at Simply Designing.
3. DIY Rustic Wood Lanterns
Lanterns are the piece that makes a porch look styled instead of decorated, and the store versions are absurdly expensive for what they are. Scrap wood, straight cuts, a candle inside. Sell them in mismatched pairs and tall ones with short ones, which is how people actually use them.
- Supplies: scrap 1×2 lumber, thin plywood or glass panes, wood glue, screws, stain.
- Approx cost: about $8 to $14 each with scrap lumber.
- Sells for: about $35 to $60 each, or $70 to $110 for a set of three.
Get the full tutorial at The Stony Brook House.
4. Old Farmhouse Gate
This is the piece that fills the awkward wall above a fireplace or a sofa, which is a problem almost every buyer has and almost nothing solves cheaply. It assembles from fence pickets and a little weathering, and it looks like it cost a fortune at an antique mall.
- Supplies: fence pickets or pallet boards, wood screws, gray wash or watered-down paint, wax.
- Approx cost: about $12 to $20.
- Sells for: about $65 to $120. Big statement pieces price high, and they sell slower but pay for the booth.
Get the full tutorial at Little Red Brick House.
5. DIY Pizza Board Kitchen Decor
A wooden pizza peel, aged down and lettered, hung flat on a kitchen wall or leaned on a shelf. It is one of those projects where the shape does all the work and you are really just selling a finish. Thrift stores are full of the boards and nobody else wants them.
- Supplies: wooden pizza peel or paddle, stain or gray wash, stencil and black paint, sealer.
- Approx cost: about $6 to $12.
- Sells for: about $30 to $50, higher with a family name or an established date on it.
Get the full tutorial at Anderson and Grant.
6. DIY Oversized Wood Dice
Big wooden dice on a shelf or in a basket by the fireplace, and they are cubes, so the whole build is six cuts and a lot of sanding. Buyers take them for game rooms and dens, which is a corner of home decor most handmade booths ignore completely.
- Supplies: 4×4 post or scrap lumber, sander, stain, black paint for the dots.
- Approx cost: about $5 to $9 a pair.
- Sells for: about $30 to $45 a pair. Never sell a single one, they look wrong alone.
Get the full tutorial at Thrifty and Chic.
7. Cool Farmhouse Decor
Everything else on the list is one project. This one is the whole shelf of them, our own farmhouse decor ideas in one place, so if you want to stock a booth rather than make a single piece, start here and pick five that use the same paint and the same stain.
- Supplies: varies by project, most run on stain, chalk paint and a glue gun.
- Approx cost: most projects in the hub land between $5 and $20.
- Sells for: about $25 to $80 depending on size. Pieces that hang on a wall always beat pieces that sit on a table.
Get the full tutorial at DIY JOY.
8. Easy DIY Picture Frame
Plain trim wood, four cuts, and you have a frame that costs less than the cheap one at the discount store and looks a hundred times better. This is the workhorse of farmhouse decor to make and sell, because you can make six in an afternoon and they never go out of style.
- Supplies: 1×2 or lattice trim, wood glue, brad nails, stain or paint.
- Approx cost: about $3 to $6 per frame.
- Sells for: about $18 to $30 empty, or $35 to $50 with art already in it, which is the version people actually buy.
Get the full tutorial at Not Just a Housewife.
9. DIY Plug In Sconces
Pendant lights converted to plug-in sconces, which means the buyer gets real wall lighting with no electrician and no hole in the drywall. That is a genuine problem solved, and renters will take your whole stock. Hang a pair either side of a bed or a mirror.
- Supplies: pendant light kit or thrifted fixture, plug-in cord kit, wall bracket, spray paint.
- Approx cost: about $15 to $25 each.
- Sells for: about $55 to $90 each. Lighting carries the highest price of anything on this page, and a pair sells better than a single.
Get the full tutorial at My Love 2 Create.
10. Unique DIY Picture Frame
finish between them, or the booth looks like you only make one thing. A frame that displays photos without hiding their edges, clipped or propped rather than sealed behind glass. It suits people who swap pictures constantly, which is most people, and it lets you sell one object that holds a dozen photos over its life.
- Supplies: wood backing or frame, wire or twine, small clips, stain, hanging hardware.
- Approx cost: about $5 to $9.
- Sells for: about $22 to $38. Display it hung with real photos already clipped on, never empty.
Get the full tutorial at Anderson and Grant.
11. Rustic House Number Sign
Made to order, every single time, which is exactly what you want, because the buyer names their own house number and you never guess wrong or carry dead stock. Cut, stain, add metal numbers, done. People buy these as housewarming gifts constantly.
- Supplies: cedar or pine board, stain, metal house numbers, screws, sawtooth hanger.
- Approx cost: about $8 to $14.
- Sells for: about $35 to $55 made to order. Charge a small deposit up front, since a wrong number is worthless to everyone else.
Get the full tutorial at The Honeycomb Home.
12. DIY Pallet Wood Farmhouse Clock
A big round clock from pallet boards, and the size is the selling point, because the oversized gallery-wall clock everybody wants costs a fortune in a store. Pallet lumber is free, a clock movement is a few dollars, and the whole cost of the piece is your afternoon.
- Supplies: pallet boards, jigsaw, clock movement and hands, stencil numbers, stain.
- Approx cost: about $10 to $18, mostly the movement.
- Sells for: about $60 to $110 depending on diameter. Anything over 24 inches prices at the top of that range.
Get the full tutorial at Gather and Flourish.
13. Faux Zinc Leaf Sphere
A decorative sphere covered in metal-look leaves for a bowl or a shelf, and the whole thing is a paint finish pretending to be zinc. These are filler pieces, which is not an insult, it is a category. Every styled shelf needs one round thing and this is it.
- Supplies: foam or paper sphere, paper or metal leaf shapes, glue, gray and silver paint, wax.
- Approx cost: about $5 to $9.
- Sells for: about $22 to $35. Sell them in a trio of different sizes in a wooden bowl and the whole set goes at once.
Get the full tutorial at Craftberry Bush.
14. DIY Pallet Wood Memo Board
Pallet boards plus a corkboard or a run of twine, hung by a back door where the whole family’s chaos lands. Decor that does a job sells faster than decor that only looks good, and this one earns its wall space every day of the week.
- Supplies: pallet boards, cork tiles or twine and clips, stain, hanging hardware.
- Approx cost: about $6 to $12.
- Sells for: about $32 to $50. Add two small hooks along the bottom for keys and you can ask another ten dollars without blinking.
Get the full tutorial at Cupcakes and Crinoline.
15. Box Grater Towel Rack
An old box grater mounted as a kitchen towel rack, and it is one of those upcycles that makes people laugh out loud at a booth, then buy it. Vintage graters turn up at every thrift store for a dollar or two and almost nobody is looking for them.
- Supplies: vintage box grater, wood mounting board, screws, small hook, stain.
- Approx cost: about $4 to $8.
- Sells for: about $28 to $42. The odd, funny upcycles are usually your best margin on the whole table.
Get the full tutorial at Bless'er House.
16. Easy DIY Farmhouse Tray
A thrifted cutting board with handles added and a fresh finish, which takes about twenty minutes of actual work. Trays are the single most reliable seller in farmhouse decor to make and sell, because people buy them for coffee tables, ottomans, bathrooms and to give away.
- Supplies: thrifted wood cutting board, drawer pulls or metal handles, stain or paint, sealer.
- Approx cost: about $5 to $9.
- Sells for: about $28 to $45. Stage it with a candle and a small plant and it will not last the morning.
Get the full tutorial at Sadie Seasongoods.
17. Repurposed Rolling Pin
An old wooden rolling pin turned into hanging decor, usually lettered or hung on a ribbon in a kitchen. My mom and I used to work on seasonal decor projects together, and pieces like this are exactly what she would have reached for, old thing, new job, nothing wasted.
- Supplies: vintage rolling pin, stencil and paint or vinyl lettering, ribbon or wire, eye hook.
- Approx cost: about $4 to $8.
- Sells for: about $24 to $38. A seasonal version, Thanksgiving or Christmas lettering, sells for the top of that range in the right month.
Get the full tutorial at Thrifty Rebel Vintage.
18. Clay Flower Mirror
You shape little clay flowers, let them dry, then crowd them around a plain round mirror until it looks like something from a boutique with a wildly optimistic price tag. It is a slow, calm project rather than a hard one, and the finished piece looks nothing like its supply list.
- Supplies: plain round mirror, air dry clay, strong glue, paint, sealer.
- Approx cost: about $12 to $18.
- Sells for: about $60 to $110. Mirrors are heavy and awkward to post, so sell these in person or locally and skip the shipping headache entirely.
Get the full tutorial at DIY JOY.
19. DIY Windmill
A decorative windmill blade for a big blank wall, the piece that shows up in every farmhouse makeover show and then costs three hundred dollars in the store. Thin wood, a hub, a lot of repetition. Make one large and one small, because the small one sells to people with less wall.
- Supplies: thin lattice or plywood strips, center hub, screws, gray stain or black paint.
- Approx cost: about $12 to $22.
- Sells for: about $70 to $140 for a large one. This is a hero piece for the back of your booth, and it pulls people in even when they buy something smaller.
Get the full tutorial at Craftberry Bush.
20. DIY Restoration Hardware Book Set
Thrift store hardbacks, stripped of their jackets and rewrapped in plain linen or drop cloth, tied in a stack. It is styling bait, pure and simple, and every shelf stylist and staging photographer needs them. Books cost a quarter each at a library sale.
- Supplies: thrifted hardback books, drop cloth or linen, glue, twine.
- Approx cost: about $3 to $6 for a stack of three.
- Sells for: about $25 to $40 a stack. Never sell them singly, the stack is the product.
Get the full tutorial at Cherished Bliss.
21. DIY Farmhouse Cotton Stems
Faux cotton stems for a vase or a wreath, and the real versions are shockingly expensive for what amounts to cotton balls and wire. They never wilt, never drop, and they work from September right through to February, which is a very long selling season for one item.
- Supplies: cotton balls, floral wire, brown paper or felt for the bolls, brown paint, glue.
- Approx cost: about $3 to $6 for a bundle of five stems.
- Sells for: about $18 to $30 a bundle. Bundle them, never sell single stems, and they batch beautifully while you watch television.
Get the full tutorial at The High Cotton Crafter.
22. DIY Farmhouse Tray
A built-from-scratch tray rather than a thrifted one, which means you pick the size, and size is where the money is. Make a long narrow one for a dining table and a square one for an ottoman. Same cuts, same stain, two different buyers.
- Supplies: 1×4 boards and thin plywood base, wood glue, brad nails, handles, stain.
- Approx cost: about $7 to $12.
- Sells for: about $35 to $55, and a long table-runner sized tray reaches $65 because almost nobody makes that shape.
Get the full tutorial at Sawdust 2 Stitches.
23. Easy DIY Wood Picture Frame
A chunky wood frame with visible grain, built to a standard photo size so buyers can drop their own print straight in. Standard sizes matter more than people think. An 8×10 sells all day and a frame in a size nobody prints will sit on your table forever.
- Supplies: 1×3 pine, wood glue, brad nails, glass or acrylic, stain, backing board.
- Approx cost: about $5 to $9.
- Sells for: about $25 to $40. Offer 5×7, 8×10 and 11×14 only, and stop there.
Get the full tutorial at Thistlewood Farms.
24. DIY Drop Cloth Curtains
Painter’s drop cloth, washed soft and hemmed, is the cheapest route to that heavy neutral linen look that costs a fortune in a shop. It is straight sewing with no fitting and no pattern, and a single large drop cloth makes a full pair of panels.
- Supplies: canvas drop cloth, thread, curtain clips or rings, fabric softener for the first wash.
- Approx cost: about $15 to $25 a pair.
- Sells for: about $60 to $95 a pair. Sell them by the finished length and always wash before selling, because unwashed drop cloth feels like cardboard.
Get the full tutorial at Liz Marie Blog.
25. 30-Minute Farmhouse Wreath
crafts page, not on the decor page, per the audit. Half an hour, start to finish, which makes this the fastest money on the page. A grapevine base, a few stems, a ribbon, and it is done. My mom used to help me with seasonal decor projects and wreaths were always the thing we could finish in one sitting and still feel smug about.
- Supplies: grapevine or wire wreath form, faux greenery or cotton stems, ribbon, floral wire.
- Approx cost: about $7 to $10.
- Sells for: about $30 to $50. Seasonal versions sell faster, and fall wreaths outsell every other season by a mile.
Get the full tutorial at DIY Beautify.
26. Rustic Box Centerpiece
A long wooden box for the middle of a dining table, filled with candles or greenery by whoever buys it. It is four boards and a bottom. If you only make one thing from all this farmhouse decor to make and sell, make these, because they sell at every single market.
- Supplies: 1×4 boards, wood glue, brad nails, stain or gray wash.
- Approx cost: about $5 to $9.
- Sells for: about $30 to $48 empty. Fill it with three candles and it is $55, and the candles cost you six dollars.
Get the full tutorial at French Country Cottage.
27. Mason Jar Fairy Lights
it here. Copy written to the CSV. You press flowers onto the inside of the glass, drop a battery light string in, and the whole jar glows through the petals. It photographs beautifully, which matters if you sell anywhere online, and you can make a dozen in an evening once you have your flowers pressed.
- Supplies: mason jars, pressed or faux flowers, decoupage glue, battery fairy lights, twine.
- Approx cost: about $5 to $8 each.
- Sells for: about $22 to $35. Batch these for a holiday market, because a table of them lit up is the reason people walk over in the first place.
Get the full tutorial at DIY JOY.
28. DIY Sheep Decor From Toy Store
A plastic toy animal, primed and painted into a shelf piece that looks like a little sculpture. It costs almost nothing and it is the item people pick up, turn over and cannot quite work out. That second of confusion is what sells it.
- Supplies: plastic toy sheep or lamb, spray primer, chalk or matte paint, wood base, sealer.
- Approx cost: about $4 to $8.
- Sells for: about $22 to $35. Mount it on a small stained base and it stops reading as a toy entirely, which is the whole difference in price.
Get the full tutorial at Edith & Evelyn Vintage.
29. DIY Reclaimed Wood Monogram
A single large letter in reclaimed boards, made to order for a family name. Personalized wall decor is the most reliable money in this whole category, because the buyer has already decided before they reach your table and they are not comparison shopping a letter M.
- Supplies: reclaimed boards or pallet wood, jigsaw, wood glue, stain, hanging hardware.
- Approx cost: about $6 to $12.
- Sells for: about $40 to $70 made to order. Take the order, take a deposit, deliver next market.
Get the full tutorial at Thistlewood Farms.
30. DIY Storage Containers
Plain containers given a farmhouse finish and a label, for a pantry or a laundry room. This is decor that has to earn its keep, and pantry organization is a thing people spend real money on right now. Sell them as a matched set of three, not singly.
- Supplies: plain tins, crates or canisters, chalk paint, labels or stencils, sealer.
- Approx cost: about $6 to $12 for a set of three.
- Sells for: about $30 to $50 a set. Matching labels across the set is what turns three containers into one product.
Get the full tutorial at Magnolia.
31. DIY Magnetic Chalkboard
A framed board that is both magnetic and chalk-writable, for a kitchen wall where the school calendar and the grocery list already live. I have made my own chalk paint from scratch before, which is a fun rabbit hole, but for something you are selling the bought magnetic primer is worth every penny.
- Supplies: sheet metal or steel panel, magnetic primer, chalkboard paint, wood frame trim.
- Approx cost: about $12 to $20.
- Sells for: about $45 to $75. Size it to fit between a doorway and a corner, because that awkward gap is where these end up.
Get the full tutorial at Magnolia.
32. DIY Macrame Hanging Plant Holder
Cord, a few knots repeated, and a hanger that costs pennies and sells like a decor piece. It ships flat, it weighs nothing, and you can make them while you are doing something else, which is the definition of a good booth filler.
- Supplies: cotton macrame cord, wood or metal ring, scissors.
- Approx cost: about $3 to $6.
- Sells for: about $20 to $35 without the pot. Offer it with a small pot and plant for $45 and most people take the bundle.
Get the full tutorial at Magnolia.
33. DIY Rustic Wheelbarrow
A small decorative wheelbarrow for a porch or an entryway, filled with pumpkins in October and greenery in December. Among all the farmhouse decor to make and sell, this is the one that carries a real price tag, so build a couple and let them anchor the booth.
- Supplies: pine boards, small wood or metal wheel, dowel handles, screws, stain.
- Approx cost: about $18 to $30.
- Sells for: about $85 to $150. It is a slow seller and a high ticket, which is exactly what a table of $30 items needs beside it.
Get the full tutorial at The Chronicles of Home.
34. Custom Vintage Farmhouse Style Sign
Wood, paint, lettering, and a finish that looks like the sign has hung in a barn since 1940. Signs are the backbone of this category because the words can be anything, so one build sells to a kitchen, a laundry room, a nursery and a farm stand.
- Supplies: pine boards or plywood, base paint, lettering stencils or vinyl, dark wax, sandpaper.
- Approx cost: about $8 to $15.
- Sells for: about $40 to $75 depending on size. Distress it properly, because a sign that looks brand new is just a sign.
Get the full tutorial at Little Farmstead.
35. Picket Fence Dog Bowl Station
A raised feeding station built from fence pickets, so the bowls stop skating across the kitchen floor at six in the morning. Dog people will buy almost anything for their dogs, and this is decor that solves an actual daily irritation.
- Supplies: fence pickets, stainless steel bowls, jigsaw, screws, stain or paint.
- Approx cost: about $14 to $22 including the bowls.
- Sells for: about $55 to $90. Add the dog’s name across the front and you can ask another fifteen dollars, and almost everyone says yes.
Get the full tutorial at Salvaged Living.
36. DIY Planter Box
Straight cuts, screws, stain, and you have the wood planter people pay a startling amount for at a garden center. Make a long one for a porch rail and a short one for a table, then stain them differently so the pair does not look like leftovers from the same afternoon.
- Supplies: 1×6 boards or fence pickets, exterior screws, stain or outdoor paint, drill.
- Approx cost: about $8 to $15.
- Sells for: about $35 to $65. Sell it planted with herbs in spring and the price goes up more than the plants cost you.
Get the full tutorial at DIY JOY.
37. Dog Station Holds Leash And Mason Jar Treats
A mounted board with a jar for treats and a hook for the leash, right by the door where both things are needed at the exact same moment. It solves the coming-in-from-the-walk problem, which anyone with a dog recognises instantly, and that recognition is the sale.
- Supplies: wood board, mason jar and a jar clamp or hose clip, hooks, stain, wall anchors.
- Approx cost: about $10 to $16.
- Sells for: about $38 to $60. Personalize it with the dog’s name and it becomes the gift everyone buys for the friend who has a puppy.
Get the full tutorial at DIY JOY.
38. Pallet Wood Planter Box
differ clearly. Straight cuts and screws, beginner friendly all the way through, and free pallet lumber arrives already weathered so you skip the aging step entirely. Plant herbs in it before market day and you double the price while halving the sales pitch.
- Supplies: pallet boards, exterior screws, drill, outdoor stain or sealer.
- Approx cost: about $4 to $10, near zero with free pallets.
- Sells for: about $35 to $60 planted, about $25 to $40 empty. Check the HT stamp before you take any pallet home.
Get the full tutorial at House by Hoff.
39. Monogrammed Burlap Runner
Burlap by the yard, a stenciled monogram, and a dining table looks styled for the cost of a sandwich. It is the cheapest way to sell something personalized, because burlap needs no hemming if you fray the edges on purpose, which buyers actually prefer.
- Supplies: burlap by the yard, stencils, black or cream fabric paint, fray check.
- Approx cost: about $5 to $9.
- Sells for: about $28 to $45 monogrammed. A plain runner is $20, and the single letter is what adds the rest.
Get the full tutorial at Dream a Little Bigger.
40. Jeweled Burlap Letters
Cardboard or wood letters wrapped in burlap with a little sparkle added, which is farmhouse with the edges softened for a nursery or a girl’s room. Single initials sell hardest, because everybody has one and nobody has to think about it.
- Supplies: craft letters, burlap, hot glue, rhinestones or buttons, ribbon.
- Approx cost: about $5 to $9 a letter.
- Sells for: about $22 to $35 each. Carry the whole alphabet in stock if you can, since the letter someone wants is never the one you brought.
Get the full tutorial at Crafts by Amanda.
41. Breadboard Shelf
An old breadboard or pizza peel turned into a tiny wall shelf with a bracket and a hook or two. Garage sale prices on the boards are a couple of dollars and the piece reads as an antique the moment it is on the wall.
- Supplies: vintage breadboard or peel, small shelf bracket, hooks, stain or wax, screws.
- Approx cost: about $5 to $10.
- Sells for: about $32 to $50. Hang it at the booth with a tiny plant on it, because nobody pictures a shelf correctly when it is lying on a table.
Get the full tutorial at Organized Clutter.
42. Easy Rustic Rope Serving Tray
A few minutes and about two dollars of rope, and a plain tray turns into the rustic serving piece people set out for every gathering. Fast, cheap and genuinely beginner friendly, which makes it the project to start with if you have never sold anything before.
- Supplies: plain tray or wood round, sisal or cotton rope, hot glue.
- Approx cost: about $3 to $6.
- Sells for: about $24 to $38. Make a nest of three sizes and price the set at $65, because sets always beat singles.
Get the full tutorial at Tikkido.
43. Pottery Barn Inspired Round Jute Placemats
A spool of jute rope and a glue gun, coiled into round placemats that the catalog sells for frightening money. They are repetitive in the best way, the kind of thing you finish while half-watching something, and one spool makes several.
- Supplies: jute rope, hot glue and plenty of sticks, scissors.
- Approx cost: about $3 to $5 per mat.
- Sells for: about $15 to $22 each, or $55 to $70 for a set of four. Sell in fours, because tables come in fours.
Get the full tutorial at City Farmhouse.
44. DIY Rolling Wood Crate
A wooden crate on casters, which sounds too simple to sell until you see what the store charges for one. It lives under a console, beside a bed or at the end of a sofa holding blankets, and the casters are what turn a crate into furniture.
- Supplies: wooden crate, four casters, screws, stain or paint.
- Approx cost: about $18 to $28.
- Sells for: about $60 to $95. It is bulky to transport to a market, so take one as a display and sell the rest to order.
Get the full tutorial at Liz Marie Blog.
45. Super Cool Industrial Basket
A big industrial-looking basket for kindling by the fireplace in winter and magazines on the porch in summer. It is far easier than it looks, and the scale is what makes it, because large baskets are expensive everywhere and almost nobody makes them by hand.
- Supplies: wire mesh or hardware cloth, metal strapping or leather handles, rivets or wire, spray paint.
- Approx cost: about $12 to $20.
- Sells for: about $50 to $85. Make one large and one small, since the big one sells the idea and the small one sells the sale.
Get the full tutorial at The Art of Doing Stuff.
46. DIY Sunflower Wreath
You build the wreath out from the middle, crowding the sunflowers so no base shows through, and the finished thing is loud and cheerful in a way that sells itself across a market field. Late summer and fall is its whole season, so make them in August.
- Supplies: wreath form, faux sunflowers, greenery filler, floral wire, hot glue.
- Approx cost: about $10 to $18.
- Sells for: about $40 to $65. Wreaths are the best price per hour in home decor once you have made a few and stopped fussing over placement.
Get the full tutorial at DIY JOY.
47. DIY Memo Board Key Rack
Notes at the top, hooks at the bottom, hung by whichever door the family actually uses. Two problems solved by one piece of wood, and pieces that solve a problem sell to people who would never buy decor for its own sake.
- Supplies: wood board, chalkboard or cork panel, small hooks, stain, hanging hardware.
- Approx cost: about $7 to $12.
- Sells for: about $30 to $48. Offer it personalized with a family name and it becomes a wedding and housewarming gift rather than a rack.
Get the full tutorial at A Little Craft In Your Day.
48. Embroidery Hoop Orbs
Wooden embroidery hoops slotted together into open spheres for a bowl, a shelf or a mantel. They cost almost nothing, they weigh nothing, and they fill the space that always looks empty next to a stack of books.
- Supplies: wooden embroidery hoops in several sizes, glue, stain or white paint.
- Approx cost: about $4 to $8 each.
- Sells for: about $20 to $32 each. Group three sizes together and sell the trio for $65, because one alone looks like an accident.
Get the full tutorial at AKA Design.
49. LOVE Wall Art
Big letters spelling a word on a wall, which is decor that is also a message, and messages sell. LOVE moves at Valentine’s, GATHER moves at Thanksgiving, and the build is identical, so you are really making one product with four seasons.
- Supplies: scrap wood or cardboard letters, paint, stain, hanging hardware.
- Approx cost: about $6 to $12 a word.
- Sells for: about $35 to $60. Swap the word with the season and stock what is thirty days out, never what is on the calendar today.
Get the full tutorial at Beyond The Picket Fence.
50. Chicken Wire Frame
A frame with chicken wire stretched across it instead of glass, so photos and cards clip on and come off again. Buyers love it because it never looks empty and never needs rearranging, and you love it because chicken wire costs almost nothing.
- Supplies: thrifted or built frame, chicken wire, staple gun, mini clothespins, stain.
- Approx cost: about $5 to $10.
- Sells for: about $28 to $45. Sell it with a dozen clips already attached, which costs you a dollar and makes it feel finished.
Get the full tutorial at Megan Brooke Handmade.
51. Cookie Sheet Magnetic Memo Board
An old cookie sheet, framed or painted, becomes a magnetic board for a kitchen or a kid’s room. The sheet is already metal, already the right shape and already at every thrift store for a dollar, which is about as close to free inventory as this gets.
- Supplies: old cookie sheet, spray paint or chalkboard paint, trim or frame, magnets.
- Approx cost: about $4 to $8.
- Sells for: about $25 to $40. Throw in a handful of handmade magnets and the whole thing feels like a gift set.
Get the full tutorial at Sadie Seasongoods.
52. DIY Easy Wood Pallet Sign
Pallet boards, a printable to trace, paint, done. Free lumber and a few dollars of paint against a sign price is the best margin on this entire page, which is why every booth at every market has some version of it.
- Supplies: pallet boards, printable template, craft paint, sandpaper, hanging wire.
- Approx cost: about $3 to $7.
- Sells for: about $30 to $50. Check the pallet is stamped HT for heat treated before you bring it home, because the chemically treated ones are not something to cut into.
Get the full tutorial at Six Clever Sisters.
53. DIY Ruffled Burlap Shade
A plain lampshade wrapped in ruffled burlap, which turns a $6 shade into something that looks like it came from a boutique. I have owned every adhesive on the planet and this is a job for a good hot glue gun and nothing fancier.
- Supplies: plain lampshade, burlap, hot glue, trim or ribbon for the top and bottom edges.
- Approx cost: about $8 to $14.
- Sells for: about $35 to $55. Sell shades on their own rather than with lamps, since shades pack flat and lamps do not.
Get the full tutorial at Cottage at the Crossroads.
54. Wall Art Using Vintage Doilies And Vintage Buttons
Old doilies and a jar of buttons, framed, and suddenly a box of things nobody knew what to do with is wall art. Estate sales practically give these away by the bagful, and the buyer is usually buying a memory, not a craft.
- Supplies: vintage doilies, vintage buttons, frames, linen or painted backing, glue.
- Approx cost: about $5 to $10 framed.
- Sells for: about $28 to $48. Group three small framed ones as a gallery set and the set sells better than any single piece.
Get the full tutorial at Colorado Lady.
55. Wipe Off Weekly Menu Board
A framed board with dry-erase vinyl over decorative paper, hung in a kitchen for the week’s meals. It is a dollar store frame doing a real job, and meal planning is one of those things people buy equipment for in the hope it makes them do it.
- Supplies: picture frame, decorative paper, dry-erase vinyl or the glass itself, glue, marker.
- Approx cost: about $2 to $6.
- Sells for: about $15 to $28. Include the marker, because a board with no marker is a board that never gets used and never gets recommended.
Get the full tutorial at Make and Takes.
56. DIY Magnetic Chalkboard Frame
A picture frame with the glass painted into a chalkboard, which is a five minute conversion and a frame you already have. It goes in a kitchen, a nursery or a hallway, and it makes a very cheap personalized gift when you letter it yourself.
- Supplies: picture frame, chalkboard paint, magnetic sheet or primer, chalk.
- Approx cost: about $3 to $7.
- Sells for: about $18 to $30. Sell them in threes in different frame finishes, hung as a little gallery wall.
Get the full tutorial at Moms and Crafters.
FAQ
What farmhouse decor sells best?
Wreaths, signs and wall pieces, in that order for speed. A sunflower wreath costs about $10 to $18 and sells for about $40 to $65, and wreaths are the best price per hour in home decor. A custom vintage style sign costs about $8 to $15 and sells for about $40 to $75 depending on size, provided you distress it properly.
Which pieces bring the highest price?
The big statement makes. A rustic wheelbarrow costs about $18 to $30 and sells for about $85 to $150, though it is a slow seller. A windmill costs about $12 to $22 and sells for about $70 to $140 for a large one, and it works as the hero piece that pulls people into a booth even when it does not sell that day.
Is pallet wood safe to build with?
Check the stamp before you cut anything. A pallet is only worth using if it is stamped HT for heat treated, and a pallet wood sign costs about $3 to $7 to make and sells for about $30 to $50. A pallet wood planter box can cost near zero with free pallets and sells for about $35 to $60 planted.
Does personalizing farmhouse decor pay?
It changes the price bracket. A reclaimed wood monogram costs about $6 to $12 and sells for about $40 to $70 made to order, and taking a deposit up front is sensible on a custom piece. A dog bowl station costs about $14 to $22 including the bowls and sells for about $55 to $90 with the dog’s name across the front.
How do you handle pieces too big to post?
Sell them in person and price them accordingly. A rolling wood crate costs about $18 to $28 and sells for about $60 to $95, and it is bulky to transport to a market. Mirrors are heavy and awkward to post, so a clay flower mirror at about $12 to $18 in materials sells locally for about $60 to $110.
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