What does this sign say?

It reads “You Will Regret Both”, carved into the wood and hand-stained. The wording is fixed — this design is not personalised, so what you see is what arrives.

Where does a motivational sign work best?

Behind a desk or on a home-gym wall. A wider shape reads better in both than a tall one, which is why the Medium and Large sell hardest for this use.

Is it a good gift for a new job or a fresh start?

Yes — a new job, a graduation, a recovery, or a stretch somebody is quietly working through. Carved wood reads as permanent, which is the point when the words are meant to hold.

What wood is it made from?

Solid pine or poplar, milled by an Amish sawyer near our shop in Kentucky. Never MDF, plywood or particle board. Pine takes a stain warm and shows its grain; poplar cuts cleaner and gets used where the lettering is finer.

Does it arrive ready to hang?

Yes. A sawtooth hanger comes pre-installed on the back, so it needs one nail and nothing else. Nothing to assemble and no hardware to buy.

Don't Do It Sign | Funny Carved Wood Regret Quote

Do It or Don't Do It — You Will Regret Both

Somewhere between motivation and surrender lives this sign. The carved don't do it sign for people who've read enough inspirational quotes to know better: whatever you choose, hindsight is coming anyway. Might as well laugh on the way.

Fatalism, But Make It Furniture-Grade

A joke this honest deserves better than a printed canvas. The whole quote is CNC-carved deep into solid Kentucky pine or poplar, hand-stained in one of 20 finishes. It's the anti-motivational poster — built with more care than most decisions.

Hang It Where Choices Happen

Home office — beside the to-do list it gently mocks
Bar cart or man cave — where both options get debated
Dorm or first apartment — life advice, realistic edition
Break room — solidarity for every coworker's Monday

The Specs

Solid locally-sourced pine or poplar — never MDF
Three sizes: Small 16" x 3.5", Classic 24" x 5.5", Bold 30" x 7.5"
20 hand-applied stain and paint finishes
CNC-carved lettering — never printed, never vinyl
Sawtooth hanger pre-installed; handmade in Kentucky, free U.S. shipping

For the Overthinkers and the Screw-It-We're-Doing-It Crowd

Graduations, career changes, birthdays for the chronically indecisive — this is the funny sign that tells the truth nobody frames. Choose from three sizes and twenty hand-applied finishes, and it ships free with the sawtooth hanger already on the back — one decision you won't regret either way. Browse our other sarcastic carved signs and complete the wall of honesty.

Working on the same room? The Keep Going Sign takes the other wall with “Don't Look Back, You're Not Going That Way”.

Do It or Don't — You Will Regret Both | Carved Wood Sign

Do It or Don't Do It — You Will Regret Both

Fatalism, But Make It Furniture-Grade

Hang It Where Choices Happen

The Specs

For the Overthinkers and the Screw-It-We're-Doing-It Crowd

Real Wood. Real Craft.

V-Carved, Not Vinyl

Handmade in Kentucky

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