DIY Coastal Hooks

Create a classic seaside look with my easy to follow DIY Coastal Hooks.

Summers here in Scituate revolve around sun, surf, and sand. We live at the beach in the summer. Our sons are avid sailors and and enjoy taking sailing lessons at Satuit Boat Club in Scituate Harbor. We actually just became members this year and love it. Luke and I had our first sailing lesson last week. We figured we better learn how to sail Mercurys as our kids have already mastered them!

Last Christmas my parents surprised John and Conor with these ditty bags, made of waxed canvas, and personalized leather tags from Holtz Leather Co. These bags are too pretty to sit in the closet so I thought it would be fun to display them on coastal hooks.

This post is sponsored by Saltwash. Saltwash is a paint additive. I received product and payment for this post but all thoughts are my own. I am a brand ambassador for Saltwash® Powder and love working with the product.

The wood may look like it’s layered with lots of old paint, and slightly weathered, but in fact, I used an old raw pine shelf we had laying around the house. I’m sure you can create this same look with items you have in your own home.

DIY Coastal Hooks

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Materials

• Pine Board
• Table Saw
• Chip Brushes
• Paint – I used Fusion Mineral Paint in Coal Black, Putty, Azure, and Casement (you can use whatever paint you have on hand)
• Saltwash Powder
• Square
• Screws
• Hooks (I used antique brass hooks)

Method

Make your pine board look like old planks of wood by cutting grooves into the board using a table saw.

Make sure your board is clean and dust free before painting. I like to lay some wax paper under my board to protect the surface underneath.

Saltwash® Powder is a paint additive that actually contains sea salt. When mixed with paint you can achieve a truly coastal look with it.

It really is like magic in a can. It can be mixed with any type of paint, too!

Since this project was for our boys’ room, and they have a lot of black accents, I decided to do the first layer in Coal Black by Fusion Mineral Paint. I mixed the Saltwash into the the paint. You want a thick batter-like consistency.

Using a chip brush, I glob the paint on, and then go back over, with the tip of the brush, and knock down the high peeks.

Apply the the saltwash / paint layer across the entire board and don’t forget the sides. Allow this first layer to dry completely.

To add more visual interest, and a look of layers and layers of paint, I did a second Saltwash mixture with Azure.

It really is a pretty color. I did this bench with it, for our sunroom.

I only did this color in a few sections as I wanted most of the distressed areas to show through black. Allow those sections to dry.

Paint a layer in Putty.

I had intended on leaving the board this color but once I brought it up to their room and held the brass hooks up to it I thought white would make more of a statement. So I painted another layer, this time in Casement, which is a white.

Once all the paint is dry it’s time to distress. When distressing, I use a mixture of 12o and 220 grit sandpaper and I vary the amount of pressure. I also leave some areas unsanded. You can also use a sander if you prefer, but you have more control hand sanding.

To add the hooks we used a square to make sure they were level going across and secured them with screws.

Above you can see all the different colors and textured layers create with Saltwash.

My boys were so excited to see their new hooks.

These brass hooks are very special to me. They were in my childhood home in Andover. My mom found them out antiquing. I have a few other hooks hanging in our master bedroom.

I painted the buoy at a buoy paint night at Satuit Boat Club. It was so much fun! You can see more events by KC Originals here.

Here’s how the hooks came out in the boys’ bedroom:

We used D hooks to secure to the wall.

Here’s how the new addition looks in their room:

I hope you enjoyed this post. If you’d like to read more about our kids’ room, you can here.

If you’d like more ideas with Saltwash Powder, you can see more of my projects here. My readers also receive a discount on splash cans, click on the side bar link for that!