I happened to be at Dollar Tree today and saw these oars.
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And I thought to myself, "those could go with my sailboat I have in the bathroom." But what to do with the ugly design on them?
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Sand it off, of course!
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After sanding, I thought they looked to smooth. So I beat them up...
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And since the color was hideous, I stained them a walnut color.
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What do you think?
9 comments:
You are soooo awesome. Love you
hi! just visiting with NFF, and I love the oars! they look great with the other accessories!
Those are fantastic! I never would have thought to sand and stain the cheapy wood from the dollar store... DUH! Great idea and they look great with the shells and boat.
I found you via NFF!
Stopping by from NFFRiday. What a great idea. I am thinking about do a beach theme in our master bath at our new house. These would look great in it. Thanks for the idea. Oh, and I am your newest follower. Please take a look around my blog and join if you would like.
Me again. I was just looking through some of your older posts and realized you guys are building a house too. Our dryway is almost done. I am getting very antsy to be out of our little temp house we are renting. Good luck with everything.
you just amaze me every time!! you are so creative!! I want to be just like you!!
Nice! I love nautical stuff. You remade these into AWESOMENESS! :)
Fabulous Girl! you are SOOO crafty:)
Those are so cute. I love how you stained them too. Thanks for sharing at 'Look at me, I'm SO Crafty!' at Fun to Craft.
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