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. Painted Farmhouse Utensil Crock
A painted farmhouse utensil crock starts as a thrift store cast off, so pick it for the shape and ignore the color. Clean the glass with rubbing alcohol, then brush on three coats of steel gray multi-surface paint, letting each coat dry fully. Put the last coat on with a sponge stencil brush to soften any raised texture, then stencil a crock number in a darker blue. For selling, the thrift shelf is the supply chain: each blank costs very little, every finished crock looks like a real antique, and kitchen pieces move all year.
- Supplies: thrifted glass crock or vase, multi-surface satin paint, stencils, paintbrush or sponge brush.
- Approx cost: about $4 to $8.
- Sells for: about $22 to $35, because a painted crock reads as a vintage find, not a craft.
Get the full tutorial at The Country Chic Cottage.
5. DIY Hanging Rope Shelf
A DIY hanging rope shelf uses scrap board and thick twine rope, so it costs almost nothing. Cut two shelves (these are 15 by 6.5 inches), sand them and drill a hole an inch in from each corner, big enough for the rope. Knot the rope under the bottom shelf, thread it up, knot again where the second shelf sits, then loop over the top for the wall hook. A gel stain evens the wood, and frayed rope ends finish it. Buyers love it for plants and candles, and the size changes to fit any wall.
- Supplies: scrap board, twine rope, sandpaper, drill, circular saw, painters tape, gel stain.
- Approx cost: about $5 to $10 with scrap wood.
- Sells for: about $30 to $48, since a plant shelf solves a real wall problem for renters.
Get the full tutorial at Salvaged Inspirations.
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. Farmhouse Wood Shelves on DIY Brackets
These farmhouse wood shelves sit on brackets built from scrap wood, three pieces each. Cut a 2×2 to 7.5 inches, a second piece 1.5 inches shorter, and a 1×2 brace with 45 degree cuts, then join them with wood glue and finishing nails. For the weathered look, paint the brackets white, sand the edges, wipe on dark stain and wipe it back with mineral spirits. Pair them with reclaimed wood shelves. Brackets are cheap to batch, so sell them as a set with the boards for a ready to hang open shelf.
- Supplies: reclaimed wood or 2×10 board, 2×2 furring strip, 1×2 pine, wood glue, finishing nails, white paint, dark stain, screws.
- Approx cost: about $8 to $15 for a pair of shelves.
- Sells for: about $45 to $75 a set, because ready to hang shelving carries a furniture price.
Get the full tutorial at Lovely Etc..
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. DIY Wood Bead Hanging Planter
A DIY wood bead hanging planter takes two strands of beaded garland, a brass floral hoop and a pot that fits snugly in the hoop. Restring the garland on macrame cord or masonry line if the string isn’t strong. Find the center bead on each strand, twist the two together there, then count up 12 beads on all four strands and wrap each around the hoop twice. Gather the ends to hang. It’s one of the fastest pieces here to make, so stock a few in natural wood with a trailing pothos tucked in.
- Supplies: 2 strands of wood bead garland, brass floral hoop, planter that fits the hoop, macrame cord if restringing.
- Approx cost: about $10 to $16.
- Sells for: about $30 to $45, higher with a live plant already in it.
Get the full tutorial at Vintage Revivals.
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. Farmhouse Recipe Box
This farmhouse recipe box begins as a small Dollar Tree wooden crate. Brush on two coats of white chalk paint, drying well between coats, then cut out rub on letters and designs and lay them out before you commit. Press each one down with firm pressure using a popsicle stick, and seal with a clear acrylic coat for durability. Fill it with 3×5 recipe cards. To sell, offer it personalized with a family name above “Recipes”, and add a few handwritten cards to turn it into a Mother’s Day or bridal shower gift.
- Supplies: small wooden box, white chalk paint, paintbrush, rub on letters and designs, scissors, recipe cards.
- Approx cost: about $3 to $5.
- Sells for: about $18 to $28, and more personalized, since a family name makes it a gift.
Get the full tutorial at My Turn for Us.
31. Farmhouse Pumpkin Bucket
A farmhouse pumpkin bucket is a galvanized steel bucket aged with paint. Sponge rust colored paint around the edges, then dab on dark gray and light gray over the whole bucket, letting each layer dry. Let it cure overnight. Cut a “Farm Fresh Pumpkins” stencil with a cutting machine or use alphabet stencils, tape it on and pounce in black paint. The whole thing came in under $20. Fill it with white craft pumpkins, cotton stems and wheat, and sell it styled, because fall buyers pay for a finished centerpiece.
- Supplies: galvanized steel bucket, rust, dark gray, light gray and black paint, sea sponges, paint pouncer, stencil.
- Approx cost: about $15 to $20 filled.
- Sells for: about $40 to $65 styled, because fall buyers pay for a finished centerpiece.
Get the full tutorial at A Night Owl Blog.
32. Farmhouse Ghost Topiary
A farmhouse ghost topiary is a foam ball on a dowel stand, draped in fabric. Drill a 1×4 scrap base (3.5 inches square) and glue in a 5/16 inch dowel cut to 12 or 16 inches. Glue a foam ball on top, cover it with white broadcloth, hot glue on black felt oval eyes, then lay cheesecloth over everything and cinch it under the ball with a zip tie. A striped Halloween ribbon hides the tie. Sell them in pairs of two heights, since they look best together on a mantel or hearth.
- Supplies: 1×4 wood scraps, dowel rod, wood glue, foam ball, white broadcloth, cheesecloth, black felt, hot glue, zip ties, ribbon.
- Approx cost: about $6 to $10 a pair.
- Sells for: about $28 to $42 a pair, since two heights together sell better than one.
Get the full tutorial at Create Craft Love.
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. Ticking Stripe Pillow Covers
Ticking stripe pillow covers are simple envelope covers for an 18 inch pillow form, cut from one 43 by 19 inch piece of fabric. Hem both short ends, stitching a strip of lace trim into one hem so it peeks out. Mark the center, fold each end in 9.5 inches with right sides together, sew the top and bottom with a half inch seam and turn. Choose heavy ticking with woven stripes, not printed ones, and wash it first. Covers ship flat and light, and the lace detail makes them stand out online.
- Supplies: 43×19 inch ticking fabric, 18 inch pillow form, 19 inch lace trim, sewing machine, thread, pins.
- Approx cost: about $8 to $12 per cover.
- Sells for: about $25 to $40 per cover, as woven ticking and lace read as boutique.
Get the full tutorial at Bellewood Cottage.
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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