Summer is the season of American flags in our country. 
Today's project can be done using an  American flag on a stick or any small flag you want to display.
I love recycling, especially something that can be used in my home. 
Repurposing new home decor is not only fun but cost effective too! 
Keep reading to see what I created for my summer home decor! 

My advice for today is to never throw out an old wooden roller shade, especially the ones with the larger slats. 
I have made a ton of projects using just one broken wooden roller shade including the fun patriotic one today! 
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If you love American flag inspired projects like I do then follow along! 
I'm including 10 of my all time favorite flag projects in this post. 
When I say American flag inspired, I mean red, white and blue, stars & stripes and all of it! 
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I love making American flags and through the years on Homeroad I've made a ton of them! 
I found a great set of star stencils that takes the work out of making the stars on the flags I make. 
Today I'm repurposing something pretty weird to make an adorable wooden American flag.
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Are you ready for the summer months? 
All the red, white and blue and American flags? 🇺🇸
Making American flags is one of my favorite things to make and this one is the best! 
I was inspired by a flag I saw and I created one for my mantel that I love! ...

Here's an easy American flag project that can be done in no time!


This project began with an old wooden crate. You can buy them at antique stores or flea markets. You may even have a few in the garage like I did. 





I used Fusion Mineral Paints for this project because I use them on everything. Liberty Blue and York Red were perfect Americana colors for my flag.
I found the perfect flag stencils on Amazon. The stencils came in a pack with stars and flags in several different sizes and the cost was great. This one was the perfect size for this crate. 
This part literally took minutes. I used an old brush, not a stencil brush, and just gave a quick swipe of paint along the stripes.
For the blue field I used a small stencil brush, making sure to get that tiny line that borders the stars. 
And th…

You've heard of American flag t-shirts I'm sure...
But have you heart of a t-shirt American flag?

Well you have now and I'm gong to show you how to create this easy DIY flag project. First you begin with old t-shirts, one red and one white. I pulled mine out of the donation box in the basement... repurposing at it's finest! 
I cut off the shirts about 7" up from the hem then cut strips about 1 1/2" wide in both colors. I stretched each strip until they curled a little bit.  At the same time I was also staining and distressing an old board. I made mine rectangular, you could also make it a square. Use the scraps you may already have.


Next using a staple gun, I stapled the t-shirt strips onto the bottom of the board.  I tied knots in the bottom of the strips at varying l…

While out on a walk one morning I was thrilled to find this little beauty right on the top of someone's trash pile.

This was a super sturdy little bench but the top had certainly seen better days. 
I brought it home with me and my goal was to make it better than I found it, which wasn't hard to do.
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Right away I got busy sanding the chippy top. 
It was quite damaged and pitted but it was a cute bench so totally worth the trouble. 
I painted all but the top of the bench with Raw Silk by Fusion Mineral Paint.


The bench looked better already! 
When I was completely finishe…

Here's an easy one that combines my love of decorating the garden with the Summer holidays. These easy American flag plant stakes use picket fence scraps.

This project started because I'm trying to use what I have and I had all the supplies needed at home right now. 

This American flag coat rack project is perfect for summer! 
Hang it outside or inside, the size is great to hang a jacket in the entryway. It all began with a plain piece of wood and a few extra large hooks I had laying around the workshop. First, I painted the piece of wood white.  All the paint I'm using today is Fusion Mineral Paint. If you visit their site by clicking on the bold letters you will be taken to where you can purchase the paint near you. I'm using Casement white, Fort York Red, and Liberty Blue for this project. 





The next step was to tape off the stripes for my American flag. I made my stripes one tape width apart so it was easy to figure out where to put the next strip of tape. I just laid a strip down between then pulled it up. 



If you are super observant you may …