Some may ask, after my cheap Walmart olive bucket alert, what the heck do you do with an olive bucket?
Sure, you could tote some olives around in it, but seriously, how many olives can a person eat.
Olive Out uses hers all the time and in this instance she used it to hold some scrumptious hydrangea.
I’ve always secretly wanted to put a little Christmas tree in one like Lisa at Fern Creek Cottage did. Isn’t that fun?
Kim at Savvy Southern Style has placed a luscious fern in her olive bucket in her lovely sunroom.
Ann at the beautiful White Lace Cottage used one to hold her fragrant lavender
Or if I build a fancy chicken coop like Heather Bullard did, I can give the chickens their very own little tree in an olive bucket. I’m not sure what the tree is, but could it possibly be an olive tree?
Other fun things you can do with them are:
- Turn them upside down and use them for lampshades for hanging lights.
- Use them to store wood beside the fireplace – picture birch logs and a roaring fire.
- Use one in your bathroom to hold toilet paper – picture . . . well, maybe you don’t want to picture too much in the bathroom.
- Gosh, just about anything!
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Ashley @ The Houston House
adorable, love these! now I need one, haha
Carlene @ Organized Clutter
I never ever see these vintage ones in my area. But I could find a Walmart!
Christine Vandormolen
I love me some olive buckets…lol…great inspiration. Christine from Little Brags
Lisa @ Fern Creek Cottage
I wish I could keep mine full of flowers all the time, but it would get awfully expensive. 🙂
Faye
Too cute! I saw these for the first time at Gold Rush Days in Oronoco MN last August. I wondered ‘what do people want these for?’ Guess I was a bit behind the times. I did not buy one and maybe I should have. Duh.
NanaDiana
Those are all great ideas for olive buckets. Love the way they look in all those applications! xo Diana
TARYTERRE
Interesting ideas one and all. I like the Christmas Tree idea. Or as a lampshade.
andrea@townandprairie
Still didn’t find one, but I do love my galvanized bucket (it just doesn’t have those fabulous perforations).
AnnMarie aka Vintage Junkie aka NaNa
Visiting from Be Inspired where I saw your post on olive buckets at Wally World….will be checking that out….which led me to this post….now I really want one for a Christmas tree!! Following you via Bloglovin’! Love your blog….it is all that I love to do!
Olive
Thank you for showing my beloved olive bucket. Now I must have a wee Christmas tree in it. But will the bad bad Gremmie cat let t be? That is the question. xo, olive
Tricia
Such great ideas! I love Lisa’s bucket with the Christmas tree, although I must say that I’d love to live someplace warm enough that I could have an actual olive tree growing in it.
Leslie Harris
Pam I want one of these! I have now put Walmart on my list of places to stop. I have the perfect plant for it, thanks for the tip.
LivingVintage
Great ideas! I use my olive bucket as a trash can in my office. (Office reveal coming soon!)