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BYU Wood Wall Decor

April 9, 2013 by becky 15 Comments

My husband recently started a new job at BYU (which he is loving!) and needed something to put up on the blank wall of his new office. We decided it’d be awesome and fun to make our own wall decor and this is what we came up with. We love how it turned out! We started out with this idea in our heads but couldn’t find much help online so we did our own thing. I love the rustic look. This same idea could work with any idea you’d like to have on the front. Here is our tutorial on how we made this.

First step, Home Depot. We bought five 8 foot 1″ x 4″ boards and had them cut them four feet long. We ended up with ten 4 foot long boards and we used 9 of those. Back home Derek sanded them. Then we stained them with a dark indoor wood stain.

We lined them up side-by-side staggered. We used metal plates with screw holds on the back of the boards to hold it all together. I’m sorry I didn’t get a final picture of the back. We had 2 on each side.

Derek made a big stencil of the logo using two poster boards taped together. He made a grid to help him get the right proportions.

Then he cut it out, tacked it on to secure it, and painted the logo on the board. Looking back, tacks weren’t the best idea although it worked out just fine. Next time we make something like this we are going to try using frog tape.  First he painted the blue part of the oval, then the white Y and lastly the border. He did a couple coats of white.

Once it was dry it was ready for it’s debut!

To hang it on the wall he used 2 D-ring hooks. He is loving it!  I’m jealous I don’t get to see it everyday!

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Go Cougars!

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Comments

  1. Kayla Janachovsky says

    April 9, 2013 at 3:13 pm

    That turned out so cool! I’d love if you’d link up to The DIY’ers. http://homecomingmn.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-diyers-and-more-curtains.html

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  2. Suzie says

    April 9, 2013 at 10:03 pm

    This is so impressive! Great work. You should sell these on etsy or something!

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  3. Capturing Joy with Kristen Duke Photography says

    April 12, 2013 at 4:50 am

    Looks great! We made a similar “Y” board a few months ago in our boys room, go BYU! Found you at tidy mom;)

    Reply
  4. Susan Fidler says

    April 14, 2013 at 10:50 pm

    This looks so great! My husband actually worked with yours and I just randomly stumbled onto your page when I saw this cool wood art idea.

    Of course I’d have to use West Virginia University for mine (ask your husband – Doug said).

    This would go perfect in his man cave! Love the idea!

    Susan Kay Fidler

    http://www.fidlersunderoneroof.com

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  5. Reecea Henderson says

    April 16, 2013 at 8:06 pm

    Hi,

    Saw your post at Chic on a Shoestring Flaunt it Friday #149. Very cute wall decor. I’m not an alumni, but my nephews and their wives are. They would love it!
    My posts are #27,28, &29. Have a great week.

    http://freshjuniper.blogspot.com

    Reecea

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  6. Becky @ lovetobeinthekitchen says

    April 16, 2013 at 8:11 pm

    Thanks everyone!

    Susan- That’s so fun your husband worked with mine. I checked out your blog, you have done a lot of neat projects! I love the tub tray!

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  7. Julie says

    May 1, 2013 at 3:38 am

    This is awesome! My husband would love this! He is a cougar and I am an Aggie:) saw this on the Sunday scoop! I am #169:)

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  8. Denise Haney says

    October 16, 2013 at 8:24 pm

    I was looking for a Byu picture and this came up and I said to myself “hey, I know that wall hanging!” I’m lucky to get to see it every day as I work in the same place as your husband.! The wall hanging is wonderful and is just perfect on his office wall. We all think your husband is quite wonderful ad well!!

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    • becky says

      October 17, 2013 at 4:27 pm

      That is so fun Denise! You are luckier than me because I miss seeing this BYU wood decor. It’s so cool! 🙂

      Reply
  9. SPeterson says

    September 30, 2014 at 8:52 pm

    I want to make something like this for my son’s room. Do you know what color of blue you used and what brand? I want to get the color perfect!

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    • becky says

      October 1, 2014 at 7:32 pm

      That’s awesome! Our boys room is BYU themed and they love it! It’s been awhile since we made this so I am not sure. We are pretty sure the paint color was Navy Blue.

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      • SPeterson says

        October 12, 2014 at 11:42 am

        Thank you!!!! 🙂

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  10. Anna says

    December 13, 2016 at 7:41 am

    Hi. What was your technic to actually hanging it up? It must be really heavy. So what exactly did you use so it wouldn’t fall and tear out the wall? We want to use this idea for my sons room. Great idea!

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    • becky says

      December 13, 2016 at 10:08 am

      Since it weighs 10-15 lbs, you certainly want to be careful. However, it actually doesn’t need anything more than you likely already have in your toolbox. My husband has had to re-hang this three different times since we made it because he’s moved offices. He actually has BYU’s Physical Facilities come and hang it for him, so they know what they’re doing. But all they do is put two wall anchors for screws and then two screws into the wall anchors (you know, those plastic screw-like anchors that you drill a hole for, then insert, then screw the screw into the middle of it?). That’s it. I would recommend having a long screw (at least 1.5 inches). And of course, if you could get one of those screws into a stud in the wall, that’s much better! However, it works great and is quite sturdy with just the wall anchors. I bet your son will love this!

      Reply

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