I don't know about you but I store my bread in the fridge, just close it tight and store. I find it keeps fairly well in there and doesn't dry out as quickly and saves room on the counter.

Although it'd be nice to have a vintage one however.

Um... I'll pass on the expensive breadboxes and just keep on putting in bread in my freezer/fridge.

ditto. Our bread is in the fridge.

I also put my bread in the fridge because as a single person, I can't get through a loaf quickly enough. But I've been thinking about getting a breadbox because I don't enjoy the refrigerator taste of the bread and have to always eat it toasted. Too bad there aren't that many options out there for small, inexpensive (less than $50-60 definitely) and attractive breadboxes.

Oh dear, as one who works in a bread bakery it pains me to read about putting bread in the fridge. We recommend keeping it on the counter in its bag. The fridge makes bread go stale more quickly and eventually gives it that "refrigerator bread" taste. Its only good as last resort if its really hot and humid and the countertop may mold the loaf too quickly. The freezer is a great option if you won't eat it quickly enough.
I didn't know bread boxes were still used...I love seeing all these different kinds available!

marla2 - amen! the only bread that should go in the fridge is wonderbread, and it shouldn't go anywhere near your mouth. real artisanal crusty bread ought not be refrigerated.
wish i had room for a breadbox. for now, we keep our in its bag.

Our wacky kitchen has two drawers that have built-in metal breadboxes. We never have two drawers worth of bread. So the lower breadbox drawer gets to hold spare paper and plastic bags for reuse. If I ever remodel this kitchen that would be the one thing I'd attempt to keep or replicate. But only one. I like my bread drawer.

i have one from target... it does the job and i stash cookies in there too. i hate the taste of fridge bread. :(

Love the idea of bread boxes, but they are not practical for me in terms of taking up valuable counter space...as well as freshness issues.

Bread in the freezer works really well...as long as you freeze it fresh.
I cut it ahead of time, and immediately freeze whatever I don't use.
You can take out only what you need, takes just minutes to thaw, and tastes just as fresh as when you when you brought it home.
The fridge? Not so good. Looses it's freshness quickly, and takes on tastes and smells from other things.

I agree with the baker. The fridge is a lousy place to store bread. It gets stale far too quickly, and picks up off flavors and smells. We are just a couple and I LOVE to bake bread, so I slice it thin and stash it in the freezer. I love toast and warm bread, though, so I don't mind always toasting it.

I did once have a bread box and it was great, but I lack counter space in my current place. If you have the space and the appetite, I invite you to buy the terracotta cute ones, name it in my honor, and donate it to me whenever I go nuts and decide to buy a palace where I have counter space. (Hey, I can dream, right?)

My favourite is the one by Nigella Lawson -- it is ceramic and has a breadboard. Now if it were only "currently available"...

http://www.amazon.com/Nigella-Lawson-Ceramic-Bread-Breadboard/dp/B000BOK53M

(Can't stand bread kept in the fridge -- we keep ours in the bag provided by the bakery for 2 or 3 days, at which point it is starting to harden a bit, and I switch it to a plastic bag. We have mostly pain au levain, and can keep it a good 6 days total.)

We have a couple of kids and every time we bake a loaf of bread (we have a bread machine) we eat it from start to finish - no left-overs, not even crumbs! We keep toys in our bread bin!!! http://www.se7en.org.za/2008/09/14/saturday-spot-the-bread-bin

i just spent half and hour looking for bread boxes and then gave up and went to AT. Wow! You read my mind. I have seen most of these but it helps to hear the others comments.

I use a wicker basket right now. Been looking for a breadbox for ages.

I have the Nigella breadbox (waited a few months until it became available, keep checking). It is expensive and LARGE, but I love love love it. It makes our breads stay fresh, and now that I store our breadknife in it, it's self-contained with the cutting board lid. I highly recommend it.

When it comes to baked goods, fridges are great dehydrators, making them bad bread boxes. I just use my microwave, and freeze for long-term storage. If I need a quick thaw, I just put the frozen bread in the microwave (sans whatever I may be storying in there--ha) for 15 seconds. Cook's Illustrated told me this was the best way to thaw frozen bread as opposed to just letting it thaw on the counter, since bread thawed that way might have moisture issues.

I have a breadbox similar to the retro one, I keep my spices in it.

Yeah, the refigerator makes your bread go stale faster.

I bake all of our bread (the 5-minute a day deal, so incredibly easy!). So for sandwich loaves, as soon as it's cool it gets sliced and frozen. Using the defrost function on the toaster makes it perfect, like it hadn't ever been frozen to begin with.

For loaves we'll be eating that day, we just keep it out on the counter cut-side facing down: we call it "Breadhenge" (like Stonehenge) and it stays perfectly fresh. Even when we've forgotten and left it overnight, it's still fine the next day. No breadbox needed.

Breadboxes to me always seem to be where bread goes to die. You don't see it, forget about it, and then discover a stale/moldy disaster two weeks later.

Siiiigh, I cannot eat bread :(

I generally keep my store bought gluten free rice flour loafs in the fridge because 1) I don't eat them often because 2) They aren't that good. They could be used as weapons they're so dense!