Build your own bread box with chopping board: A practical, eye-catching, 2-in-1 addition to your kitchen

You need: Jigsaws, Jigsaw blade, bi-metal, T 101 BF, pencil, g-clamps, pocket rule, Piece of pine round wood; 8 x 1000 mm, Spruce boards, "Tyrolean spruce – with an old-wood look" (steamed and brushed); 22 x 198 x 800 mm

Firstly, use a jigsaw to trim the three spruce boards (22 x 198 x 800 mm) to the following lengths: 3 x 400 mm, 2 x 175 mm and 1 x 300 mm. To ensure safe working and clean cuts, secure each of the spruce boards with two clamps.
You must now cut the pine round wood into a minimum of 12 pieces of identical size. These will be used as dowels at a later stage. Each piece of wood should be 26 mm in length.

You need: Random orbit sander, Sanding Sheet Set 115 mm 25-Pieces Mixed, g-clamps, Cut wooden boards from step 1

You should then sand the cut edges and rear sides of the boards you have cut so that they are smooth. When doing this, it is important to secure each workpiece with two clamps.

You need: g-clamps, Machined wooden boards, Wood glue

Then apply glue to one of the shorter edges on each of the two cut pieces of spruce (175 mm in length). Then glue these two boards flush with one of the two narrow sides of the 300 mm-long spruce board. Secure the fresh adhesive joints with clamps and leave the glue to dry according to the manufacturer's instructions.

Once the glue has dried, glue two of the 400 mm-long cut pieces of spruce to the "U-shape" previously created. To do this, you must apply glue to the three flush and adjacent outer edges of the shell in the "U-shape". Also apply glue to the two shorter sides of the 300 mm cut spruce wood facing upwards and then fit one of the 400 mm-long spruce boards to each side. You should make sure that the edges lie flush against the 300 mm piece of spruce wood and evenly protrude beyond the narrow sides by 28 mm. You must now secure everything again with clamps and leave it to dry.

You need: Cordless combi drill, Brad point drill bits, g-clamps, Workpiece from step 3

To more firmly secure the shell that has been glued together, you must also fit it with dowels in the next two steps. To do this, use a pencil to mark two points at each edge where there are two adjacent boards. Each point should be at distance of approx. 50 mm from the edge. Then use an 8 mm wood drill bit to drill through the marked points to a depth of approx. 40 mm. Remember to secure the shell with clamps.

You need: Multifunction tool, Bi-metal segment saw blade, g-clamps, wood glue, Workpiece from step 4, Trimmed round wood from step 1

Now fill the holes that you have drilled with two to three drops of glue and insert the pieces of round wood (from step 1). You can then use a multifunction tool to saw down the protruding part of the round wood so that it is flush with the bread box. When doing this, you should secure the shell with two clamps to ensure safe working and a clean working environment.

Then place the remaining 400 mm-long spruce board on the open top as a lid. This surface can also be used as a cutting board.
Finally, evenly tighten two straps around the shell. These will cover the inserted dowels. You have now finished building the practical, 2-in-1 bread box that gives your kitchen a rustic charm.