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DIY Barn Wood Arrow Tutorial

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I have a special place in my heart for barn wood. I love everything about it; the character, the texture, the history and the look. Pair it with galvanized metal and you have a match made in heaven. I think the two materials fit so well together that I wanted to incorporate them in this DIY Barn Wood Arrow project.

Do you love barn wood? This DIY Barn Wood Arrow Tutorial will show you how to take your favorite wood and make it into a statement piece for your home.

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Supplies Needed To Make This DIY Barn Wood Arrow:

Square Tool

Tape Measure

Barn Wood (or any wood you have lying around)

Circular Saw

Galvanized Metal

Metal Snips or Jigsaw With Metal Blade 

Pencil

Nail Gun

 

I really wanted this DIY Barn Wood Arrow to be substantial and three-dimensional. We had a couple of barn wood pieces in the garage that would enable us to make a five foot arrow. Perfect size.

To start the project, I drew the shape of the arrow I had in my mind on the back of the barn wood. Then, Matt came in and measured it to make it all symmetrical.

Do you love barn wood? This DIY Barn Wood Arrow Tutorial will show you how to take your favorite wood and make it into a statement piece for your home.

After all the measurements were done, I went over the pencil lines with chalk to see what we were going to end up with. I was already excited.

Do you love barn wood? This DIY Barn Wood Arrow Tutorial will show you how to take your favorite wood and make it into a statement piece for your home.

Matt cut out the arrow.

Do you love barn wood? This DIY Barn Wood Arrow Tutorial will show you how to take your favorite wood and make it into a statement piece for your home.

To make the arrow three-dimensional, Matt cut the scrap barn wood from cutting out the arrow at 1 3/4″ to use as the sides.

Do you love barn wood? This DIY Barn Wood Arrow Tutorial will show you how to take your favorite wood and make it into a statement piece for your home.

We used a nail gun to attach the front of the arrow to the sides.

Do you love barn wood? This DIY Barn Wood Arrow Tutorial will show you how to take your favorite wood and make it into a statement piece for your home.

To incorporate some galvanized metal to this arrow, I used this piece that I have been saving for a rainy day.

Do you love barn wood? This DIY Barn Wood Arrow Tutorial will show you how to take your favorite wood and make it into a statement piece for your home.

What is that thing, you ask? It was a piece off of an old bird feeder that prevented squirrels from getting to the feeder. I kept it because I loved the weathered look it had and I knew I could use it for something. Now, it is going to become the sides to my barn wood arrow! I love it when a plan comes together like that.

To get the metal on the sides of the arrow, we measured and cut the metal to size with a jigsaw (fit with a metal blade). We didn’t have enough metal to fit the entire arrow in one piece, but I didn’t mind it being “patched” together.

Do you love barn wood? This DIY Barn Wood Arrow Tutorial will show you how to take your favorite wood and make it into a statement piece for your home.

In the end, we didn’t have that much “patching”. We were able to get all sides of the arrow covered in just five strips of metal.

As you can see, it was easy to bend and mold the thin metal around the edges and corners of the arrow to get a good, tight fit.

  Do you love barn wood? This DIY Barn Wood Arrow Tutorial will show you how to take your favorite wood and make it into a statement piece for your home. 

Do you love barn wood? This DIY Barn Wood Arrow Tutorial will show you how to take your favorite wood and make it into a statement piece for your home.

Do you love barn wood? This DIY Barn Wood Arrow Tutorial will show you how to take your favorite wood and make it into a statement piece for your home.

Do you love barn wood? This DIY Barn Wood Arrow Tutorial will show you how to take your favorite wood and make it into a statement piece for your home.

Do you love barn wood? This DIY Barn Wood Arrow Tutorial will show you how to take your favorite wood and make it into a statement piece for your home.

I am over the moon with my arrow! It is so much fun to see an idea come to reality. This barn wood arrow came together better than I imagined. Challenging your creativity and making one-of-a-kind pieces with little to no money spent makes “repurposing” a DIYer’s favorite tool.

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Do you love barn wood? This DIY Barn Wood Arrow Tutorial will show you how to take your favorite wood and make it into a statement piece for your home.

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