Home-Made Cabinet

New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 68, 11 October 1940, Page 38

Home-Made Cabinet

Dear Aunt Daisy, Some time ‘ago I saw where one of your readers was asking for ideas on how to use up surplus tins (benzine or kerosene) so I am enclosing a snap of a cabinet I made which is inexpensive, useful, and clean, besides looking very nice. Three cases, six tins, 1 tin paint, six handles, a few nails, and two pieces of 2 x 2 wood for the base, is all that is required to make this cabinet. Here is the method. Cut the sides out of the tins to within two inches. of the front, turn the raw edges under, paint the tins, bore a hole in ‘front, and have a piece of wood at the back of the hole to take the screw and nut. The handles can be bought for about 442d each-mine are brown with chromium plate. Nail the boxes together (fiat side), paint, and have a piece of lino on the top. The top row of tins are for bread, etc; the second row for flour, and for the rolling pin, pastry cutters, sifter, etc.; the third row is for sugar, and the two tins hold just over 70 lbs. of sugar. It is nice to have all the tins of one brand-mine are. I have one other cabinet at the side of the pantry6 cases and 12 tins, but this is a fixture and has a long bench on top. This outfit is also painted green, and is most useful — tea-towels, dusters, recipe

books, etc:

Coogee

(Cambridge).

That is most interesting, "Coogee," and many people will act upon the idea,

I am sure. You have improved very much upon the old way of making these cupboards, as I used to see them. They had no nice handles, and the sides were cat right out without leaving that 2

inches at the front, which finishes off the "drawer" so much better. The two pieces of wood for the base make a great difference to the appearance, too; and the enamelling makes the whole cabinet look really professional.