Handcrafted Unfinished Wood Shadow Box

The item was as pictured and as stated. It probably would have been great if I had decided to paint it instead of trying to stain it. However, I bought this for my husband who prefers a stained finish. The wood grain look appeals to him.So I happily bought it. I have stained other projects before, cabinet doors, step stools, chairs, etc.Also note that this box is made of very very soft and open grained wood.The particular box that I received had an excess of glue all over it. The glue was present not only in the joints, but also running along the inside of the boxes. Trying a few different techniques, sanding, using a very sharp chisel to carve the glue out of the joints, etc, I was unable to remove this excess glue.Unfortunately I did not realize how bad it was until, after several hours of work, I appeared to have removed most of the glue and tried to stain it. The stain of course highlighted every spot of glue. It was a terror. I had stained it though, making it unable to be returned.I wound up enameling it instead, which had a better result. Not what my husband wanted though. Next time I'm going to just suck it up and make my own, I would probably take about the same amount of time.

Bought it for someone who picked it out. We painted it and she likes it. Which is the most important criterion. The one we got measures close to 10 & 3/8" wide by 17" tall and has an overall 1 & 3/4" thickness front to back. The cubby holes will be a little less than that for depth due to the thickness of the thin 1/8" thick or so back. It's made out of a light weight soft wood. It seemed to be reasonably well put together no cracks, splits, gaps, or evidence of excess glue. A little rough here and there but nothing that we couldn't take care of with a little light sanding. All in all a nice piece for the price. I would consider buying a second one. The only difficult part was finding the right hooks to hang it with. I drilled the edges for the fasteners to keep the wood from splitting. And that seemed to work good. Next time I'll add glue blocks to the back to make hanging it easier. Hers is now home to small glass figurines.

Quality is ok but not great. In the top description it says dimensions are 15 x 11, this is not correct. Actual size is 10 3/8 x 17 1/16. I like that it's unfinished so I can stain it to match.

This is a nifty little thing. Very light weight but well made. I did not like the fact that it did not have a hanger on it of any sort. I was looking for something I coudl instantly hang in my sons room instaed of something I needed to search for a hanger for. Other than that it is well made.

As stated it was unfinished. I choose to stain mine. It is a little hard to get the stain on evenly. Paint would probably have been better as it would be thicker and and cover better. It is a very light weight wood so easy to hang on wall. It doesn't have any provisions for hanging though.

......that you get what you pay for. Ordered one for a gift, intending to paint/stain it, but when it came, it had a great big CRACK in the top curvy part of the outer edge. OK, I guess I'll fix it and keep it, and just buy another for the gift, thinking it had to be a fluke. NOPE!! SAME FLAW in the 2nd one!! So think hard about it, and if you're prepared to be as disappointed as I was, then go ahead.

This shadow box is very attractive and seems well-constructed. Unlike a previous reviewer, I do not see any excess glue on it anywhere. There is one very small (less than a cm) spot that has a little bit of putty to fill in a gap, but it appears to have been added carefully and there's only a tiny bit of excess on the wood. The wood is fairly lightweight, but doesn't seem flimsy or cheap. This was exactly what I was looking for and price was great. It was delivered just 2 1/2 days after I ordered it.

the shadow box is really, really nice. i'm not staining it because the natural wood goes well with my antique furniture that is dark. i have an elephant collection and put most of them in the box.i will most likely buy another one for the rest of my collections, i'm a Beatle fanatic and will probably get the shadow box for all my little things of the beatles.again, very satisfied with the shadow box.laclose