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    Home » Vintage

    The Many Uses For Olive Buckets

    Published by Pam Kessler | 308 words. · About 2 minutes to read this article. - 13 Comments

    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.

    Olive bucket from Olive Out

    Source - Olive Out
    I've always secretly wanted to put a little Christmas tree in one like Lisa at Fern Creek Cottage did. Isn't that fun?
    Olive bucket from Fern Creek Cottage

    Source - Fern Creek Cottage
    Kim at Savvy Southern Style has placed a luscious fern in her olive bucket in her lovely sunroom.
    Olive bucket from Savvy Southern Style

    Source - Savvy Southern Style
    Ann at the beautiful White Lace Cottage used one to hold her fragrant lavender
    Olive bucket from White Lace Cottage

    Source - White Lace Cottage
    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?
    Olive bucket from Heather Bullard

    Source - Heather Bullard
    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!

    Please do me a huge favor. If you want to pin any of the images above, please click through to their blog using the link below each photo. That way the pin will go directly to their blog page and not back to mine. Just makes it easier for people who repin from you to find the original source. Thanks oodles!

    But hey, you can always pin this snazzy photo below.

    Using Olive Buckets In Your Home Decor



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    1. Ashley @ The Houston House

      August 02, 2013 at 12:13 pm

      adorable, love these! now I need one, haha

      Reply
    2. Carlene @ Organized Clutter

      August 02, 2013 at 12:20 pm

      I never ever see these vintage ones in my area. But I could find a Walmart!

      Reply
    3. Christine Vandormolen

      August 02, 2013 at 12:40 pm

      I love me some olive buckets...lol...great inspiration. Christine from Little Brags

      Reply
    4. Lisa @ Fern Creek Cottage

      August 02, 2013 at 12:59 pm

      I wish I could keep mine full of flowers all the time, but it would get awfully expensive. 🙂

      Reply
    5. Faye

      August 02, 2013 at 1:42 pm

      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.

      Reply
    6. NanaDiana

      August 02, 2013 at 4:44 pm

      Those are all great ideas for olive buckets. Love the way they look in all those applications! xo Diana

      Reply
    7. TARYTERRE

      August 02, 2013 at 6:18 pm

      Interesting ideas one and all. I like the Christmas Tree idea. Or as a lampshade.

      Reply
    8. [email protected]

      August 02, 2013 at 6:25 pm

      Still didn't find one, but I do love my galvanized bucket (it just doesn't have those fabulous perforations).

      Reply
    9. AnnMarie aka Vintage Junkie aka NaNa

      August 03, 2013 at 5:57 pm

      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!

      Reply
    10. Olive

      August 05, 2013 at 11:31 am

      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

      Reply
    11. Tricia

      August 06, 2013 at 9:44 am

      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.

      Reply
    12. Leslie Harris

      August 06, 2013 at 12:32 pm

      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.

      Reply
    13. LivingVintage

      August 28, 2013 at 5:44 pm

      Great ideas! I use my olive bucket as a trash can in my office. (Office reveal coming soon!)

      Reply

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