DIY Pottery Barn Flag Knockoff

When I saw this pottery barn wooden american flag, I fell in love.

So naturally, I decided to build one myself.  

I already had white and blue paint from other projects, so I just needed red.

I went to Hobby Lobby and picked out some red acrylic paint. 

While I was there, I also grabbed some star stickers, we'll get to those in a minute.

We had some 1x2s in the garage, so I used those first, and then I bought a few additional ones.

I used my husband's new mitre saw to cut the 1x2s to the length I wanted.

 (I'm loving that new saw!)

I needed 13 boards at 42" so I was able to get two peices out of each 1x2.

The next thing I did was lay all the boards out together and 

determine how I wanted everything to look.

I taped off the square for the stars and painted it white, 

then I painted the rest off the boards red and white.

Here is where the star stickers come in.

I arranged the stickers to my satisfaction.

I had to rearrange them a few times before they all lined up the way I wanted.

I went back over the stickers and made sure they were all stuck down properly.

Then I painted the whole square blue.

Once the paint was mostly dry, I pulled up the stickers.

You can see that they didn't turn out perfectly.

I didn't really mind, since I was planning on sanding it down and distressing it afterward. 

I let the paint dry overnight before I fastened everything together.

I cut three more pieces of 1x2 to 20", the height of the flag.

These are going to hold the whole thing together.

I turned all the boards paint side down and lined them up, 

then I used liquid nails wood glue to glue the three 20" boards to the back of the flag.

Once everything was the way I wanted it to be, 

I got out our air compressor and nail gun.

I really just went to town with the nail gun, as you can see in this picture below.

I attached picture hanging hardware to the back and hung it in our living room.

Here is the finished project!

Happy DIYing everyone!