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.
9 Uses for Loaf Pans
• 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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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
view dmoney's profile
I baked a cornish hen in one.
view mdtown531's profile
might be able to store gloves or mittens in one, or perhaps use one as a planter
view JonathanB's profile
Would they be suitable as a planter or would they be too small?
view DC Domain's profile
Use them to make really big novelty ice cubes.
view Archie's profile
My loaf pans are used too often for such repurposing, but I use old clementine boxes for all of these purposes and more.
view qatet's profile
I fill mine with water and put them on my radiators to humidify the air in my apartment.
view Grita's profile
My hesitation with use as a planter would be the lack of drainage... I suppose it depends, though
view fugitiverouge's profile
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.
view jennifer in sf's profile
I use one to store my many sizes of tupperware lids.
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