How to Hang Baskets on Walls

Baskets are an unexpected wall decor option, bringing personality, texture, and charm to any space. Here’s how to hang baskets on walls.

I had a bit of a crazy idea to hang baskets on my walls over a decade ago, and I ended up loving it so much that when I took them down to add some wallpaper recently, I just rehung them in a different spot. And I added a few more. OK, quite a few more. The corner where I hung my new basket wall was previously a dark, dull spot that always kind of left me scratching my head. Adding these baskets, with their varied textures, shapes, and sizes, has really brought this corner to life and made it a new favorite view instead of one that I avoid. If you like the idea of displaying a collection of baskets this way, here’s how to hang baskets on walls.

Pictured above: My original basket wall in the front hall at Christmas time. (See more of this Christmas home tour here.)

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Which Baskets are Best to Hang on Walls?

You may think that in order to hang baskets on walls, you should buy a matching set meant for this purpose, but in fact, I think it’s much better that you don’t. The best basket collections come together slowly, and are found at thrift stores, antique markets, and flea markets one at a time, as they speak to you. I look for baskets with a traditional feel to them, which means mostly real wicker with a few harvest baskets in a more chipwood-type style thrown in here and there. A flat base can be helpful for helping baskets hang flat against the wall, but don’t shy away from adding styles with curved bases or handles every now and then, as these can add a lot of dimension and interest.

Overall, you want a mix of shapes, styles, colors, and textures. Baskets that are different from one another that all come together to tell the same story. Echoing the basketry around the wall can help it all make sense, so find extra baskets to display nearby on the floor, shelves, and tabletops as well.

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Where to Find the Best Baskets for Wall Decor

I’m not 100% sure why this is, but I find that the very best baskets in my collection always come from the most inexpensive places. I love a fancy, curated antique shop booth, but I always have the best luck at the little church-run thrift stores, our local goodwill, the tiny, small town antique markets, or the antique dealers who run their business as just a big warehouse piled up with stuff.

I have one or two special pieces that I paid a bit more for, maybe $30, but most of my collection came together for $1-$5 a piece. Maybe basket hunting in these spots works so well because no thinks to look there? Maybe I’ve just been lucky? It’s hard to say why exactly, but I just know that these unexpected spots are where the basket hunting magic happens.

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How I Hang Baskets on Walls

I’ve used a few different methods to hang baskets on walls over the years and the conclusion that I’ve come to is that there is really no need to overcomplicate things when you’re hanging something that is usually quite lightweight.

Slightly unconventional options that I’ve used with great success are pushpins and hot glue. Push pins don’t leave much of a hole in the wall at all, but are generally strong enough to hold up a basket. You can rest the head of the pin in the middle of one of the holes in the basket’s weave, and if you use clear push pins, they’re virtually invisible. Hot glue works, too, in a pinch, and the hot glue almost always pops right off the wall and the basket if you ever need to take it down.

If you’re looking to do things “properly,” a screw anchored into the wall will hold most heavier baskets. I like to make a loop through the weave of the basket with a tiny piece of floral wire and hang that from the screw rather than have the screw visible through the basket.

More home decoration ideas with baskets: How to Hang Baskets From the Ceiling

My go-to method lately is using the tiniest Command Hooks. They’re fuss-free, damage-proof, and surprisingly strong for something so tiny. Most of this basket wall was hung on a whim one night using these hooks and not a single basket has fallen since I first put them up.

Do you hang baskets on your walls too? Which method do you prefer to keep your basket wall decor up and looking its best?

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