We've got a loaf pan that we use for pretty much everything but baking. It's been our mail sorter, our catch-all in the kitchen, and once in a blue moon we've made banana bread in it. For the full list of ways to use your loaf pans, click below.
• Use them to sort mail by storing envelopes lengthwise inside.
• Sort forks, knives, and spoons into three loaf pans on a shelf.
• Use them to hold tea bags, stacked in a line.
• Store pens horizontally in the pan.
• Line them up on a shelf for an industrial look, and use them to store office supplies.
• Use them to store spools of ribbon or thread.
• Fill small glass jars with flowers and water, then place them inside the loaf pan for an instant centerpiece.
• Use them as serving dishes for candies or finger foods.
• Fill them with wrapped soaps for a guest bathroom.
Image: Williams Sonoma Commercial Quality Loaf Pan, $14
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Comments (10)
not to state the obvious, since you've focused on non-food uses here, but I have a pyrex loaf pan that I also use to make small lasagnas and to bake smaller portions of chicken or macaroni and cheese
I baked a cornish hen in one.
might be able to store gloves or mittens in one, or perhaps use one as a planter
Would they be suitable as a planter or would they be too small?
Use them to make really big novelty ice cubes.
My loaf pans are used too often for such repurposing, but I use old clementine boxes for all of these purposes and more.
I fill mine with water and put them on my radiators to humidify the air in my apartment.
My hesitation with use as a planter would be the lack of drainage... I suppose it depends, though
They just used a loaf pan as a planter for succulents in ReadyMade (I think?). They just said to put a layer of rocks at the bottom for drainage.
I use one to store my many sizes of tupperware lids.