Unique Ideas For Using Wooden Barrels

Wooden barrels are attractive and functional fixtures for many different environments, but how exactly can YOU use them? Do they work well as display fixtures for store merchandise? Can you use them at home, and if so, how? What about special events - would wooden barrels work for those?

Clearly, wooden barrels open the doors to many possibilities in terms of decoration and function. Read on for how you can start using them for both your business and personal needs.

Using Wooden Barrels In Stores and Businesses

Wooden basket and barrels are wonderful fixtures for creating merchandise displays. These visually appealing barrels and baskets are durable and available in various sizes, making it easy for store and business managers to choose the ones that will work best both for holding the merchandise they want to showcase and fitting within the space they want to display them.

Depending on the kind of store or business you manage, you can use wooden barrels to:

• Create displays of items on your store's floor - near or within aisles, against walls, or in the open center.
• Create POP barrel displays of impulse purchase items near your store's checkout counter and register.
• Hold bulbs or packets of seeds in your greenery.

Of course, the possibilities are numerous; these are just a few ideas. Think about the kind of store or business you manage, the kinds of merchandise you want to display for your customers, and the amount of display space you have to work with to think of the best way you can use wooden barrel displays in your store.

Using Wooden Barrels At Home

You can use wooden baskets and barrels in your home for both functional and decorative purposes. Consider using wooden barrels:

• As flower planters or pots both inside and outside your house.
• As tools for organization in your work shed.
• As parts of decorative displays on your porch, in your yard, or in your garden.

How you use your wooden baskets or barrels depends on your own personal decoration style and the kinds of functional needs you might have for them.

Using Wooden Barrels During Special Events

Whether this is the first time you've organized a special event or you have a few festivities under your belt, you should understand both the decorative and functional benefits of using wooden barrels and even creating wooden barrel displays.

Whether you use barrels or baskets, they offer a visually appealing rustic charm wherever they're located, so depending on the kind of even you're organizing, you might not want to use them. For example, a wooden barrel display probably wouldn't be the best choice for an extremely formal black tie affair.

However, if the event's environment does allow for them, wooden barrels work great at:

• Birthday parties and anniversary parties.
• Weddings and wedding receptions.
• Graduation parties.
• Proms and formal dances.
• Business parties and gatherings.

Wooden baskets and barrels are quite versatile, and you might want to use yours to hold decorative items like flower displays or you might want to use them to serve functional purposes like hold game prizes or bagged snacks. It's entirely up to you - let your imagination run wild!