Buckets and Barrels
Before the advent of plastics, many utility containers were made of wood. In the kitchen were wood water buckets, wood containers for dried food and barrels of various sizes for oil or other liquids. Nowadays the modern household is filled with plastic containers of every style and shape, and why not, they are easy to clean, cheap, and some actually don't look too bad. But, if you want the home to have a bit of rustic character, without actually having to go back to that, try adding some wood furnishings t
Vintage '49 Water Pail The same design wood bucket as the above water pail, but made from very special red cedar, grown here on Southern Vancouver Island. The logs were cut in 1949 and stored air dry since then. The wood has aged from the distinctive natural orange into lighter hues of pink, light orange, to light brown. The sweet cedar scent is just as strong as ever. I have a limited supply of this very unique wood and am making various size water pails from this. Classic Sauna Pail The traditional Sau