Before & After #53: Woodbox

Tuesday, 7 March 2023

The fire pit at St Helens is looking a lot nicer now that we've done all the landscaping  - consequently it's getting a bit more use from guests.  We don't guarantee that there will be wood for it (they have instructions to buy it from the service station) but it is nice to provide it when we can. Up until now we've just been using an old ikea bag for the sticks, but with a few different guests staying before we are back to refill it, we needed a better and dryer way of storing it.

I investigated buying something but that would have cost a few hundred bucks so then I investigated what we had lying around the house, and it turned out we had something perfect - our storage seat that we never sit on:

I had to do a few structural repairs and saw off the arms and back, then I coated it with waterproof bitumen paint..

I attached a handle to encourage people to lift the lid (and not think it was just a seat) and now it looks pretty good:

It should keep everyone going until we're back.