Wooden breadbasket. How to make it yourself

Since ancient times, bread in our countrywas assigned a special place on the table. How many sayings about him are piled up, how much work is invested in it? That is why special attention has been paid to the storage of this product.

Khlebnitsa - before and now

Previously, in great demand,called wooden boxes. People said that if it is skillfully made, then in it bread for seven days retains its properties, remains fragrant and soft. The tree has a light, porous structure. Due to this, the humidity inside the box is perfectly regulated. Our ancestors beautifully decorated it, decorated with carvings, painted bright, elegant designs. Today we call it a wooden box.

To date, there are masters whoself-made from wood boxes for storing bread. Of course, now the masters have developed more convenient designs than existed in the old days. Modern wooden breadbox has a more compact form, since it is designed for an ordinary family. After all, if before in the family there were 10-15 people, today it is mostly 3-4 people.

Of course, this product has an essentialminus - it's difficult to wash. The wood absorbs moisture very easily and dries for a long time. Therefore, treat this issue carefully. When cleaning a wooden bread maker, do not use too wet sponges or rags and leave to dry in a warm place with the lid open. Otherwise, you risk instead of an excellent box for storing bread to get just a swollen piece of wood.

Can I make it myself?

Make it yourself at homeanyone who knows how to use a carpenter's tool will be able to. Below we describe several ways how this can be done. The general scheme remains unchanged, only the details change. However, before choosing one of them, you need to think about how much bread you plan to store.

Wooden breadbasket made with own hands,will bring you much good and joy if you remember the main rule - the bread will be much longer to remain soft if the percentage of relative humidity inside it slowly changes. It depends on the filling of the wooden box: the more the product in it, the slower the change of humidity. But it is also not worthwhile to hammer it completely. And the product will crumble, and you can not close the lid.

If there are not enough people in the family, then an ordinary small breadbasket will do, if it's a lot, then it's best to make a breadbox consisting of two compartments. They can store different types of bread.

General scheme of manufacturing

First of all, you need a wooden board. It is best to choose birch, oak, ash or lime. But pine should not be used, it is saturated with the smell of resin, and bread easily absorbs odors. Its thickness should be about ten millimeters. Also, store the slats, from which the flexible cover will be made, handle and fixture.

The board is used for making two lateralwalls, top bar and bottom. On the side, semicircular grooves are made from inside. We advise you to use a router for this. For example, a finger mill can be used, which must be installed on a drill. The lid will move along the grooves.

Our wooden bread crumb will require more covers. It is made of small wooden slats. Reiki is either fastened with a cord or glued to a fabric base.

Variations of breadcrumbs

As we have already said, the general principle of making wooden breadcrumbs remains unchanged. What can be the details?

For example, according to the same scheme, it is possible to make andtwo-story product, for a large family. Secondly, the form itself can change. You can create rounded, rectangular, square, curly wooden breadcrumbs. The photo above shows you that the shape of the "boxer" can be any. In many ways, you can also attach the door. It is not necessarily a movable roof made of thin rails. It can be dense, attached fasteners on the side walls and open up or down. You can even make a very unusual option - and the lid of your breadbox will be opened sideways, like the door of a microwave oven.

The inner surface of the product does notcovered, but outside can be opened with varnish or linseed oil. Then everything depends on your imagination - many decorate homemade breadcrumbs carving, painting, etc.

Afterword

Of course, the modern market offers usa huge number of breadbasket options. They are made of plastic, metal, wood and other materials. It would seem, why torture yourself and do everything yourself, when all this has long been stamped in factories and is freely sold in stores? But after all the thing made by own hands, always gives special warmth and a cosiness in a premise.

As for the boxes for bread from othermaterials, I would like to note that none of them have the qualities that a wooden breadbasket is. Comments from consumers indicate that only products made of wood preserve the natural taste and softness of bread for a long time. And if you decide to do it yourself, you can withstand the style you need, you will be assured of the quality of the materials used, and just fantasize.