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DIY Ombre Chevron Painted Oar

February 6, 2013 7 Comments
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Before the holidays my husband and I spotted a painted oar from Terrain that we LOVED.  We were thinking ahead to the beachy retreat we planned to create for Little Guy’s big boy room, and though an oar would be a perfect accessory.  Hubs went over to the display and peeked at the price tag.  He walked back to me stammering.

Three HUNDRED dollars?  You can make that.  I thought I was seeing an extra zero!

The oar stayed at the back of my mind for a while…until I stumbled into a well-worn oar in one of my favorite salvage stores in Key West.  I grabbed it along with some wooden floats and headed to the register.  $15 later, the oar was mine.

I loved the natural weathering on the oar handle and paddle and decided not to refinish the wood.  While I could have easily used painter’s tape to make the chevron, I was worried the angles on my pattern wouldn’t match up perfectly.  I used this Chevron Banner shape from the Silhouette store and used my Cameo to cut it out of contact paper.  I then transfered the negative image (like a stencil) onto my oar and painted the oar in three shades of acrylic paint.  (The colors (from top to bottom in the above image) are: Americana Sea Breeze, Americana Bahama Blue, and Craft Smart Aqua).

After the paint dried, I sanded the whole oar with a variety of coarse and fine sandpaper to  give the paint a weathered look to match the rest of the oar.

I am waiting until we move Little Guy to his big boy room before I decide exactly how I will use the oar in the room.  Maybe I will add some hooks to the handle so that he can hang some clothes from it.  I’ve also considered tying a little rope around the top of the handle as an accent.

How would you use an oar in a beach room for a toddler?

 

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  1. Lindsay says

    February 6, 2013 at 6:56 pm

    I love it! First- Terrain is my favorite place- except for the price tags! Second- I do not have a Cameo- but I have a Cricut- which I believe is pretty similar. I absolutely love it and use it for the simplest things just because I can and it makes lines and projects more refined and finished looking! I use it to make stencils for all of my etching projects!

  2. diaperedknights says

    February 6, 2013 at 9:15 pm

    I turned over a bowl at terrain once to see it was $600!!!!! And then turned over something that looked expensive and it was $10. But I could quite literally live in that store.

  3. Steph says

    February 7, 2013 at 2:21 pm

    Cute! I love oars, I should consider this for my little guys room, its a nautical theme!

  4. Barb @ A Life in Balance says

    February 7, 2013 at 9:00 pm

    Wow! Such a great find! Personally, I would hang it up on the wall. Or you could put hooks on it and use it for holding medals or clothes.

  5. Gina B says

    February 7, 2013 at 9:04 pm

    That really came out lovely! I’m visually it so pretty in a kid’s beach room…Just leaned in the corner, with a toy rack next to it, perhaps? White and sky blue, of course 🙂

  6. Sarah @ Finnegan and The Hughes says

    January 10, 2015 at 8:37 pm

    and now I want an oar
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Heather Schugar is an educator, author, and mom-of-all-trades. She holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, and her work has has been featured in national outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, Real Simple magazine, and Men’s Fitness.

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