Well show you how we made this farmhouse inspiredDIY wood serving trayfrom start to finish.

And if youre wondering how did we get that shiny surface on the tray?

Weve even made abeachy farmhouse signfor the wall and apractical memo board with chicken wire.

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Scrap Wood Towel Rack

Materials Needed

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Check out the video tutorial or read below for the step by step instructions.

Continue until the pine wood is fully stained and leave it to dry.

Apply the stain to the sides and reverse side as well.

Farmhouse inspired wood serving tray with the words “grateful."

Once dry, measure and mark the placement of the hardware.

you’re able to also drill the holes after the resin is poured.

Place the Grateful lettering between the leaf wreath design and attach together.

Farmhouse inspired wood serving tray with the words “grateful."

Ensure the machine is set to Cricut Maker and select Make It in Design Space.

Next, set the material pop in to Permanent Vinyl.

Using the weeding tool, peel away the excess vinyl around the images and discard.

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Cut a piece of transfer tape a bit larger than the image.

Peel away the transfer tape backing and place the transfer tape overtop of the cut image.

Gently rub the vinyl to help it stick to the transfer tape.

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Peel away the vinyl backing and place the image on to the stained pine.

Gently rub the vinyl to help it stick to the wood.

you might use a Cricut scraper tool or your finger nails for this.

DIY towel rack

Scrap Wood Towel Rack

Carefully and slowly peel away the transfer tape.

For best results be sure to read the instructions provided in theEnviroTex Lite Pour Onpackaging.

Ensure your resin and hardener are at room temperature or warmer before mixing.

DIY towel rack

Place the wood tray on a raised surface to allow the resin to pour off the sides.

see to it the surface underneath is protected.

Mix exactly equal amounts of Resin and Hardener into one measuring cup.

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Beachcomber’s Towel Rack

The size of your piece will determine how much resin you need.

In my case, I filled the cup up as much as possible as my tray is fairly large.

Stir continuously for 2 minutes, scraping the sides of the container.

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Pour evenly from one side to the next.

Use a clean brush to help smooth the resin and ensure the surface is covered.

The resin will settle and level itself out.

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Cover to keep dust from settling in.

Ensure your tray is placed on a level surface.

Repeat if necessary after another 15 minutes and up to about an hour to ensure no bubbles have formed.

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Cover and allow to cure 48 hours.

Once cured, insert the hardware through the predrilled holes.

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Materials needed to make a farmhouse inspired wood tray including wood, handles, Cricut machine, vinyl, paint and paint brushes, resin,

Materials needed to make a farmhouse inspired wood tray including wood, handles, Cricut machine, vinyl, paint and paint brushes, resin,

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Painting the surface of a piece of pine wood.

Painting the surface of a piece of pine wood.

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Cricut machine with black vinyl in front of it.

Cricut machine with black vinyl in front of it.

Weeding excess vinyl from the cut letters.

Weeding excess vinyl from the cut letters.

Weeding excess vinyl from the cut letters.

Weeding excess vinyl from the cut letters.

Adding a piece of transfer tape to the cut image.

Adding a piece of transfer tape to the cut image.

Using a Cricut scraper tool to rub the vinyl cut out onto the painted wood piece.

Using a Cricut scraper tool to rub the vinyl cut out onto the painted wood piece.

The word “grateful” on vinyl is transferred to the wood tray.

The word “grateful” on vinyl is transferred to the wood tray.

A box of EnviroTex Lite resin.

A box of EnviroTex Lite resin.

Finished farmhouse inspired wood serving tray with the words “grateful."

Finished farmhouse inspired wood serving tray with the words “grateful."

Farmhouse inspired wood serving tray with the words “grateful."

Farmhouse inspired wood serving tray with the words “grateful."

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