We had a cold front blow in over the weekend and I have been loving this cooler weather. It just puts me in the mood for coffee and baking! So I decided to pull out some Fall Decorations over the weekend and I made a few things too! I went to Home Depot the other day and bought some 1×4’s for no apparent reason, because we all need some extras lying around right?? I came home and it hit me! I knew I wanted to incorporate lots of wood tones this year into my fall decor, but as you know, I’m a sucker for white! I decided I wanted to have a fun shape and came up with this Hexagon Wooden Fall Wreath Tutorial.
I had originally planned to put this on our front door, but the lines of the wreath just didn’t work with the lines from the paneling on my door. Wasn’t working at.all. Then I was like…well great… this isn’t going to work on my mantel either (which I actually changed all around anyways so now it probably would have worked – oh well). So…… I hung it on my wall. I have a lot of wall space in my living room and well, not a whole lot on my walls. Because, yes, I have been in this house for over a year and STILL have not hung much on the walls. Slow but steady right??
So let’s talk about how I made this!
Supplies: (contains some affiliate links)
– 1×4
– Kreg R3 Jr. Pocket Hole Jig System
– Ryobi Miter Saw
– Screws
– Ryobi Impact Driver
– Minwax Special Walnut Wood Stain
– Foam Brush
– Wheat Grass
– Fabric
– Hot Glue Gun
Wooden Rustic Fall Wreath Tutorial
First you need to decide how big you want your wreath. Mine is pretty big. Each piece of 1×4 measures about 11″ on the longest side. The size doesn’t really matter as long as each piece is the EXACT same size and the right angle.
Now, you remember all that complaining in high school about how much you hated geometry and said you would never use it. Well… sorry, but your mom was right. You are about to use it right now! Now, I was a nerd and actually liked geometry… probably one of my favorite classes in high school! Let’s talk about getting these angles!
A hexagon has 6 angles. A circle is 360 degrees. Let’s divide 360/6=60 degrees. So each of those angles is 60 degrees. You can’t cut your wood at that though because you are joining two pieces of wood, so you need to divide that by 2 and you get 30 degrees. So each of your cuts will be 30 degrees!
Not going to lie… when you are making a hexagon your cuts need to pretty much be PERFECT. I saved my last piece and had to alter my angle by about 1/2 a degree because well… this matters a lot! Especially when joining with a kreg jig (it sucks it in really tight and there isn’t a whole lot of room for error). And just to keep it real with you, mine is a little off. Nobody would probably notice except for me because I like to think everything I build is super awesome, but it’s off. The top and bottom aren’t completely level with one another, but it’s ok right?? Of course it is!
And now let’s whip out that Kreg Jig that I love so much! You will need to create pocket holes to join the wood together.
Aren’t those just pretty! Gosh I love pocket holes! Here is what it looks like when you are all done…
So now, flip it over and stain away. I did two coats of Minwax’s Special Walnut Wood Stain. I didn’t seal it because well…it’s a wreath and we all know how impatient I am. I wanted to hang it!
Next I hot glued some wheat grass, added some fall stems I got from Hobby Lobby, and tied some flannel fabric around to hide all that hot glue ; ) Then I literally used tacks to hang it to my wall with a piece of white muslin. And of course the chalkboard banner I made with some little wooden pendants I got from Pick your Plum and twine. Pretty easy Fall Wreath Tutorial if you enjoy a little woodworking too!
I will be sharing more Fall Decor as I continue to finish things up so be sure and stop back by!! : ) In the meantime, you can check out last year’s fall mantel, here!
i love this so much…way different…and gorgeous…appleton is a great place if you can stand the winters lol downtown is so rustic… the college has so many events and the Christmas parade is awesome of course you are frozen by the time it is over lol fox river is so scenic also…i have often pined for appleton just wish it wasn’t in wi ha ha xx
Thank you!! Yes, we love Appleton…. the winters are definitely brutal though, especially after this last one!
So different and so beautiful!! I love, love, love it!!
You are so sweet Crystal! Thank you so much :):) I am loving it!
Yes I do remember geometry. Not my best subject but it was interesting. All those angles. Sometimes I wonder how I really made it thru high school. Must have finally realized boys weren’t going to get me graduated, lol. I’m pinning this wreath, would really like to make it. I won’t be cutting out, hubs will. I’m not allowed to use his dangerous tools he tells me often. Pinning this so he can see about the angles and degrees. Not his best subject either but together we muddle thru. His saw table tells him what degree saw is at. Like that this is different, great job. Happy week
I absolutely love this wreath! It is an eye catcher. Great job!
Thank you so much Christie! : ) It was so fun to build!
Love the shape! Can’t wait to see the rest of your fall decor!
that is just gorgeous. i love the shape and the wheat.
Woah! This is so unique! I was an English teacher, and even I can appreciate the cool geometry going on here. ;) Very out of the box…er…hexagon. Har har
Love this! Seriously so cute! Pinning!
I pretty much love everything about this–nice job!
I love this idea and definitely want to make my own version. My mom has a bunch of stained molding from an old school that will be perfect for this project. Thanks so much for the inspiration! (Pinned and shared on my FB page!)
I LOVE this!!!
This is really adorable and unique! Thanks for sharing it at the Best of DIY link party! I gave you a shout-out on my FB page here – https://www.facebook.com/KnickofTime
Love this girls. Unique and so pretty.
I absolutely adore this wreath!!! So minimal and warm at the same time. Thanks for linking up at Friday Finds!
SO VERY ORIGINAL! I just posted my $3 DIY Mantel on the link party and one of these would go perfectly! Great work!
I absolutely ADORE this so much! I actually shared the pin of this with my FB followers the other day. It rocks that much! I’m going to have to make me one of these :)
Absolutely beautiful! :) That is one of my husband’s favorite tools.
Thanks Megan! : ) It is a pretty awesome tool! He has good taste ; )
I love this so much! I’m betting I’ll be doing this soon. Featured you on the Friday Finds Link Party! :)
Thank you so much! I would love to see it when you are done! : ) xoxox
I like this so much that I finally bought the Kreg jig that’s been on my wish list forever and made a wreath this morning! Boy was THAT fun! Right now the (oil based) stain is drying. Will embellish and hang tomorrow. Thanks for the great inspiration!
Yay! That’s so exciting Nancy! I’d LOVE to see a picture of it : ) Thanks so much for stopping by! It’s always so exciting to know that people use our tutorials :) :)
I love this so much! What a unique idea. And I love the idea of hanging wreaths on empty walls.
Thanks! : ) I know… I made it because I had the idea and then I realized it wasn’t going to work where my wreaths normally go. I honestly never thought to hang a wreath on a wall… I might have to do that more often : ) Have a great night!
Such a pretty fall wreath. Thanks for sharing your tutorial.
Thank you very much Theresa!
Made and assembled (and stained) the hexagon already. I LOVE IT!
Any ideas of how to adapt this to winter/Christmas without just changing the fabric and phrase? I want to do a Christmas wreath. Maybe like a little snowy village resting in the center bottom area? Any thoughts, ideas?
So glad you like it!! : ) I would love to see pictures! Hmm… as far as what to do, maybe you could add some eye hooks into the top and hang some ornaments down (they’d have to be flat though). And of course adding Christmas greenary would be beautiful against the wood tones!! Hope that helps some : ) Thanks so much for stopping by!!
What is the overall width of this when assembled? Very pretty.
Beautiful! Reminds me of the hexagon shelves I see all over pinterest.
This is so pretty!! I love your creative take on a fall wreath! I featured this as part of a fall wreath diy round-up on my blog- if you’d like to check it out. Thanks so much the inspiration!
Love the shape! Can’t wait to see the rest of your fall decor!
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