DIY - Rustic Vegetable / Fruit Bin...

I needed a 'Veggie / Fruit' bin for the counter...

The 'Man-Child' built me the potato and onion bins out of old apple crates prior, but I also needed a big one for the bar / counter to store the rest of my fresh veggies / fruits that are always just piled around in bowls and such. We consume a lot of fresh produce and it was going to be nice to have it all in one place.

We were sitting in the kitchen talking this morning and I was looking at the ones he built that are harbored by the fridge, when an ingenious thought hit me.

I had 2 old, steel, industrial drawers tucked away in the hole where the dishwasher used to reside.

I seen them stacked there, pulled them out and we started discussing making a custom veggie / fruit bin and how we would do it.

The 'Man-Child' got some old pallet material, some clamps, a few pieces of cardboard and he started to piece together a prototype...

I fell in love with it from the inception. 

It was PERFECT for the counter and matched the other potato / Onion bin in the kitchen perfect~!

And, it would hold a ton of veggies and fruit...

He was attempting to piece it all together, measure, assess, think on things...

When help arrived...

Even the 'Lone Ranger' had 'Tonto'...

Although, I think Tonto was probably more helpful than Oliver was to the 'Man-Child' today...

Have I ever admitted just how awesome it is to come up with an idea, an item and say what I'm thinking and the 'Man-Child' can build it for me? 

It's the advantage to living with a contractor...

<Of course, it's nice to live with a contractor that loves to build you're crazy ideas ~ too!>

And, a contractor that's great at developing his own pattern and doesn't mind getting his hands dirty...

And, a contractor that loves Arizona brand sweet tea as much as me...

(=

Who can take an idea.

Go outside.

Gather some tools.

And, create something fantastic...

He even included a custom made top for me to attach my green vintage chopper to the top...

The green vintage chopper that matches my green Wayrite scale that sits on the other produce bins...

The 'Man-Child' never disappoints when he makes me something. 

This one turned out Fantastic for this Farmhouse Kitchen~!

He even took the time to build little dividers to go in the drawers...

He's an Awesome Guy~!

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