DIY bread box

Since ancient times, bread and pastries have been stored in special wooden containers (boxes). Bread and bakery products in the bread bin stay fresh longer and do not go stale. A modern factory-made device can be made of wood, plastic or metal. It corresponds to its purpose, but a hand-made product can become a real decoration of the kitchen interior.

How to make a bread box with your own hands

Before starting work, you need:

1. sketch a drawing of a household item;
2. prepare all the necessary tools;
3. select suitable materials.

A preliminary sketch will allow you to make a more accurate drawing and imagine what the finished product will look like.

Materials and tools

The selected material must be environmentally friendly. Do not take toxic plastics or boards painted with non-food paints. Best suited for kitchen utensils:

1. plywood;
2. birch bark;
3. wooden mat;
4. bamboo.

Important! Only those types of wood that do not have a specific odor are suitable for the manufacture of kitchen utensils. Coniferous woods such as spruce and pine are not suitable due to their persistent aroma. Bread quickly absorbs foreign odors.

To fasten individual components and parts you will need:

1. screws or small nails;
2. awnings;
3. wood glue;
4. furniture stapler;
5. jigsaw;
6. paint or stain.

The doors of bread bins differ in the way they function. They can:

1. move apart in different directions;
2. open in the usual way;
3. go up and fold like horizontal blinds.

Fasteners for doors are selected according to their type.

In addition to the material and fasteners, you need to purchase a suitable tool. A standard carpentry kit will do.

Shapes and types of homemade bread bins

Bread can be stored in bread bins shaped like:

1. open deep dish;
2. containers with doors;
3. boxes with lid.

Bread bins can be made from the most unexpected materials. Home craftsmen manage to build these kitchen utensils from:

1. plastic bottles;
2. thick paper;
3. newspapers;
4. vines;
5. cotton or linen fabric;
6. clay.

The most common bread bins in everyday life are made of wood and wicker. There are wicker boxes in almost every home. They differ in shape and size, but they are united by their functional purpose.

Some craftsmen create wicker kitchen utensils from plain paper. To do this, the sheets are rolled into a tight tube and glued together. They are then intertwined to create unusual things. At the final stage of manufacturing, the surface of the product is covered with a layer of primer and paint. Paper straws can be painted in different colors at the very beginning of making the utensil.

With some woodworking skills, a bread storage container can be hollowed out from a single piece of wood. Clay cookware can be made by anyone, provided they have the ability to fire the finished product in a professional kiln.

Attention! Things made in the Russian style came into fashion. Birch bark can become a decoration for the kitchen. A stylish and beautiful bread tray is woven quite simply. It is difficult to find and properly prepare birch bark. It should be soft enough at the time of container manufacture.

Measurements and drawings

A preliminary sketch of the future product is made. He must take into account the specifics of the selected material. The drawing is created based on the drawing and original dimensions.

For such a product, you need to take into account the average amount of bread consumed by the family. In other words, the size of the bread bin depends on the number of baked goods that will be stored in it.

The container must have depth, height and length. All these parameters should take into account the size of standard bread rolls. In this case, the baked goods should fit freely into the box.

A factory-made bread bin with curtain doors can easily hold 3-4 loaves inside.

Drawings for a wooden product can be drawn directly on plywood or first on a sheet of paper. It looks something like this:

Breadbox yourself: step-by-step instructions

To make a product according to the given drawing, you need to prepare the following tools and materials:

1. small wooden or plywood planks;
2. mat for preparing sushi;
3. jigsaw;
4. sandpaper;
5. small nails;
6. furniture stapler;
7. glue for gluing PVA wood;
8. door handle.

The work is carried out in the following sequence:

1. first of all, a drawing of the parts is drawn on the surface of a piece of plywood;
2. All walls and lids are cut out with a jigsaw;
3. the sides of each plank are carefully sanded;
4. the structure is assembled according to the drawing.

The numbers in the drawing indicate the structural details of the future product:

• two rectangles with units are the bottom of the bread bin;
• the third rectangle with the number 1 is the back panel;
• fourth unit - top;
• twos are sidewalls;
• number 3 - front panel.

It is better to round the upper corners on the side walls, this will make it easier to secure the mat.

The mat in this design acts as a door. It is attached using a furniture stapler. The product is ready, all that remains is to place any suitable mat on the bottom of the bread bin. It can be made of food-grade plastic or fabric.

Breadbox - a vase can be made of paper and a plastic bottle. In this case, a five-liter container is used as a mold. The work proceeds in the following sequence:

1. The plastic bottle is cut lengthwise from the neck down. The result should be two equal parts.
2. Paper (newspapers) is torn into small pieces.
3. The plastic form is coated with Vasiline.
4. Pieces of paper are glued one after another onto the surface of the mold.
5. Each paper layer is generously smeared with PVA glue, there should be 5-6 layers in total.
6. The pasted form is set aside for several days until it dries completely.
7. After the glue has completely dried and the papier-mâché becomes hard, it can be removed from the base.
8. The stand is made in exactly the same way, only a deep plate is used as the initial shape.

The resulting parts of the product are coated with paint. You can decorate the bread box in any available way:

1. paint;
2. cover with beads;
3. make a mosaic from painted pea halves.

For those who sew and knit, the easiest way would be to make beautiful containers for baking from scraps and threads.

There are no restrictions or general recommendations here. For sewn forms, inner liners are made of cardboard.These devices add rigidity to soft tissue walls. Knitted items are starchy.

Birch bark braiding is easy to make if you follow the following rules for preparing the material:

1. birch bark is removed only from cut trees or those that are subject to felling;
2. The bark on trees is most plastic in the spring-summer period; by autumn it becomes coarser;
3. Lumps and irregularities are removed from the surface of the cut material;
4. the prepared raw materials are boiled for 30 minutes;
5. after boiling, the birch bark strips are dried;
6. dried birch bark is cut into strips of equal width, after which the material is completely ready for work.

The type of weaving is chosen according to your own taste. This can be a standard weave of stripes with a rug. This is the easiest way for beginners. It is best to manufacture the parts of the product separately, and then connect the entire structure together.

Whatever materials the kitchen utensils are made from, the main thing is that they are made carefully and tastefully. In this case, the time and effort spent will give the desired result.