I ve used small picture hooks and they work a treat.
Hanging crossed oars on wall.
Match the starter holes to the wall where the oars will hang and pencil a mark on the wall for each hole.
How to hang oars on the wall.
Whether you re decorating a summer cabin or giving your home a nautical theme an oar or two on the wall can be an artsy touch or a useful feature but you have a.
Command strips don t work.
Mark your preferred hanging arrangement on the wall.
To hang oars or paddles on the wall like this does require to drill two holes in each oar see arrows.
How to hang boat oars on the wall without drilling holes into them.
However i have a really easy way to hang them and it doesn t require brackets or hooks or any visible hardware.
Drill holes in the wall at the marks and tap in wall anchors.
First make a template for each oar then mark hole positions same for both templates.
Drill the holes to the size of the threaded stud we used 3 inch long 1 4 thick.
A t first the way to hang oars or paddles in an x shape might seem like it would be pretty obvious.
Each row will consist of 2 hooks separated by a distance slightly less than the length between your oar s handle and paddle.
But if you ve tried it you ll see that it requires a bit more thought than just forming the letter x on a wall with your paddles.