Biscuit Box Wall Hanging

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Tutorial to create your own wall hanging from the side of a wooden box. Great DIY for anyone enthusiastic about their decor… or a cool wooden box…

Create Your Own Wall Hanging

One of my favorite creative outlets is picking something up that has long not been in use and giving it a fresh take on life.

One such item Kurt and I revamped is an old wooden biscuit box. We found this box in an old barn that has been on the property that Kurt and I inherited from his father. I have no idea how long this box had been around or how it got there but when Kurt saw the emblem still visible on the side of the box, he just had to have it.

The design on the side of the box is of a biscuit baker who is or was native to the area. The box has Wilkes-Barre printed on it, which would suggest that the original business that used the box is from an area about an hour’s drive south of where we live.

The geographical connection alone was enough to get us excited about this piece of history… when you add the wonderful orange and black color scheme of the design it was destined to be a wall hanging.

Keeping the Printed Side All Together Was A Challenge, But…

We cut the box up, attempting to keep the boards with the emblem printed all together so we wouldn’t damage the design. After cutting the box,  we reattached the desired boards onto a separate board to keep them in stable position. (Check out this Key Chain Holder we also created from this wooden box)

Once we were sure that the boards with the design wouldn’t shift while we were working on it, we got to work. The first thing was to decide the best thing to coat the emblem with; it was rather faded and falling off with the slightest movement.

We settled for blotting a semi-gloss clear polyurethane onto the surface with a sponge brush. This worked pretty well as the blotting action didn’t disturb the loose particles of the design and the polyurethane coat (we applied 3 of them) acted as not only a protector for the surface but also as a glue to keep what was left of the design in place.

Getting the Piece Hung Required a Little Ingenuity

Once we were sure the design wasn’t going to disintegrate off at any movement, we were ready to figure out how to hang it. We attached a picture hanging bracket to the back so the board wouldn’t shift when hanging and also due to the weight of the wood, we don’t want it to come crashing down to the floor.

Please tell me what you think of our biscuit box! I’d love to hear your thoughts 🙂

~Caitlin