Picked this up today with the intent of using it to store my cakes. Still needs to be cleaned up, but I'm posting pictures anyways. It does have a light wood smell to it, but hey,... its wood. I suppose you'll have that. Does anyone have any suggestions, or know of any reason why I shouldn't use it to store my cakes?
Here's a pick with a full sized cake inside it. The suckers huge.
Found it (and a matching side table) for a whole $100 off craigslist. I'm definitely going to clean it good before my cakes go in.Wesli wrote:Ahhh. Very cool!
My only suggestion is to wipe it down, maybe with an odor-free cleanser, before you use it.
I'm actually a bit envious now... I want my own spacious, dark wood pumidor!
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First the best puerh knife ever and now this. I hereby dub you 'King of Repurposing'.
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Looks fantastic, Trioxin. A perfect size - and you could proudly display your teaware on that bottom shelf. Will look forward to the pictures of the cleaned and inhabited pumidor!Trioxin wrote:Thanks to repurposing this, I now get to keep my pu in the living room. Life is great.tenuki wrote:First the best puerh knife ever and now this. I hereby dub you 'King of Repurposing'.
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Yes, it would work but not unless you keep a humidity pad in it, otherwise you could just sit everything on a closet shelf. I'm having rain right now so my humidity is 70%, yay!!!!!!!! Oh and by the way, the wood smell will eventually decrease, but as your piece had a finish on it, IDK.t4texas wrote:Very cool! Now I'm on the lookout for something the woodworker didn't have in mind for Pu.
In the meantime, do you folks think simply storing it in a metal file cabinet would be okay?
Congrats! That's a beautiful piece and seems well suited for the task. Not to mention a great conversation piece!
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