DIY Nautical Oar

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I’ve got a DIY Nautical Oar to share with you for this month’s Thrift Store makeover. I found a Lake House Oar a couple of years ago. I was a great deal, so I scooped it up. I figured with a little paint I could update the oar to fit into our beachy, coastal home.

I loved the colors of the oar… a pretty teal and blue combo, distressed. I figured I keep with the same colors since they’d work in our family room… I just needed to get rid of the “Lake House.”

Here’s what I started with.

Cute, right… we just are beach people, so time to get rid of the Lake House.

Coastal Oar Supply List:

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• thrift store oar
• Prussian Blue paint
• paint brush
• painter’s tape

Coastal Oar Directions

I gave the oar a good cleaning with just a wet paper towel. Then I used painter’s tape to tape off the area that I wanted to have painted.

It took 3 coats to cover the wording. I let the paint dry about 30 minutes between coats.

I put it up on the thrift store gallery wall that I’ve been working on in the family room.

Here are some of the other projects from that wall:

• Thrift Store Clock | An Easy Paint DIY
• Life is Sweet Wood Pineapple
• Family Sign
• Thrift Store DIY Anchor Home Decor

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