flour,sugar, rice, tea and coffee – thesecondhandcity.com

These canisters for storing flour, sugar, rice, tea and coffee aren’t perfect.  But having found them, I love them, and I improved their appearance significantly by cleaning them thoroughly with hot soapy water and then lightly waxing them with cabinet makers wax.  Waxing brought out the old patina in the plastic.  There is still some immovable rust on the lettering but they are now clean and usable and useful.

I store these containers up high in the kitchen.  And as they are not really accessible for every day use they are filled with cookie cutters – something I only use every couple of months.