I have a "new to me" chrome bread "box" for the counter top. It is from the mid-century and is made specifically for storing bread.
BTW - when in doubt, go with drawers.
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I had planned on keeping my bread, potatoes/onions in a three drawer base cabinet,but completely did not take into account that the heating vent was coming out the toe-kick of that cabinet!!!. So I had to find another cabinet to put the bread in. Now it sits on a shelf in a corner base cabinet. Not the best place, so I might move it to my pantry cabinet.

We store our bread in the freezer since we don't go through it fast enough. A drawer sounds nice, though!

I dedicated my lower drawers next to the fridge as a "sandwich station". The top drawer has knives and plastic sandwich bags, the middle drawer has the toaster, peanut butter, honey, bread, buns, unopened tortillas and english muffins. Bottom drawer has plastic storage containers for the fridge. The middle bread drawer came with one of those plasic sliding tops but I removed it after about ten minutes. If I bake fresh bread or rolls I rarely have leftovers (I have teenagers). If I have store bought quick to spoil breads I keep them in the fridge. The rest has all those preservatives and they don't go bad before they get eaten. We eat a lot of sandwiches at lunch or for snack so it works nice for us.

Skyedog - I love the idea of the sandwich station....my kids eat alot of sandwiches too, but they are too little to make it themselves, but think that might be a good idea in a few years when they are capable and everything is in one area.

A few years ago, my now 12 year old told me he was getting hungry. I was busy cleaning and kept saying "okay, just a minute", while trying to finish up what I was completing. When I finally got to the kitchen, he had already made himself a sandwich. I was surprised, felt a little guilty, but proud of him too! Allnew, they can learn PB&J's pretty young!!!
Fun2Cook, we keep our bread in the fridge. Just a habit. Not sure if that is what is recommended though.

I keep mine in the pantry on one of the rollouts. Interesting factoid -- Bread goes stale faster in the fridge than on a shelf.

Here is a link that might be useful: Bread goes stale faster in the refrigerator

We currently have ours in the corner tambor thing on the counter. Bread, chips, stuff like that. I plan on putting it all in a drawer. THe KD suggested getting a plastic container to put in the drawer to prevent crumbs from getting in the bottom of the drawer. I'm sure the container will bother me after a while and I will just have to live with crumbs in the drawer...We do also keep some bread, rolls in the freezer too.

I was going to go with a "bread drawer" but thought they were overpriced. I knew others on GW just used a regular drawer for bread . . . so that's what we went with. Next to our refrigerator we have a drawer where we keep bags of chips, pretzels, etc as well as whatever rolls or bread we have in the house. I'm finding a drawer is an easier place to store anything that isn't in a box, can, jar, bottle.

In the summer we keep the bread in the refrigerator so it doesn't get moldy.

The bank of drawers is 24" wide and the inside dimension of this drawer is 7" deep.

We tend to put most bread into the freezer (mostly baguettes or batards, not as much sandwich bread in our house). If we're sure we're going to eat the loaf in a day or two, it gets stored in the microwave!

Thank you all the the good ideas. The only bread items i keep in the frig are things I'm going to toast, like bagels or english muffins. Otherwise I find it affects the texture. I never freeze bread, it doesn't last long enough! Homemade bread and muffins always disappear on the same day they are baked. My kids are 7, 10 and 13. They can all make there own PBJ, toast, or "easy grilled cheese", and cook hot dogs ot tortilla and cheese in the MW. I find that they are happier when they can do these things on their own. I like the idea of a sandwich station too. I'll need to rethink where I put things like the toaster and the trash.
Between the frig and sink I have a 32" = 34" cabinet. I wanted to put in 3 drawers there for food storage, wraps and tupperware, towels, one shallow drawer for knives. The MW will be on a shelf immediate above this counter. This is the counter where I make sandwiches now. It currently has an old-fashion pull out wood cutting board that I use exclusively for making sandwiches or slicing bread. I was thinking of getting rid of the cutting board in the remodel, but maybe I should keep it? I guess I could move the toaster to this counter too, though it will steal some work space. If I make one drawer for bread, I'll have to find somewhere else to put my dish towels. I'm glad you told me not to waste money on the "bread drawer" thing with lid. I was also thinking of using some of that 34" width to put in a pull-out trash (between sink and new drawers. If I do that, then I'll want to keep the trash pull-out as narrow as possible, and the drawers as wide as possible. I also have a narrow 14", floor to ceiling cabinet with pull outs on the other side of the frig. I could put the trash pull-out there. It won't be as convenient as next to the sink, but maybe a better compromise location. I didn't like the idea of the trash immediately next to the bread drawer anyway. On the other side of the sink I have the DW and then another 15 - 18" for a cabinet or drawers. Over there I thought I'd keep my big mixer, mixing bowl, and other appliances like blender and food processor. I think cabinet with pull-outs would be better for this. Any insights are appreciated.

Someone here said that the warming drawer was a great place to store bread because it was out of the air and out of the way (and you have to open the drawer to turn it on, there's little danger to the bread (or the bag).

I had a small space left in my plan between the corner and the microwave area. I didn't need it for vertical storage or any of the things people use those for, so I had a two shelf pullout put in there. This is great for bread, cereal, cookies, fruit snacks, etc. The cereal, and sometimes the bread too, go into canisters and fit nicely.

Like others here, we keep ours in a regular drawer. The toaster oven is on the counter there, and the upper above holds peanut butter, honey, etc., as well as the granola, crackers, and chips. It's our "breakfast/sandwich/snack center" that is right next to one of our fridges. In our last house, it was always on the counter and I'm SO happy to have a place for it now.

UnfortunatelyÂlately, most of my bread is stored in my mouth. Remodel = weight gain? Disclaimer: woman in picture maybe up to 20yrs younger then Jterrilynn in real life.
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