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Homes & Gardens
Punteha van Terheyden

I’m Swapping Toxic Plastic Pantry Baskets for Chic Handwoven Storage – Here’s Why

DeVOL Kitchens French chic country kitchen with marble cooktop nook and chandelier.

Adding a pantry-like corner to my compact kitchen with shelves and baskets has been a game-changer in functionality. However, the potential ‘forever chemicals’ that my plastic baskets could be leaching onto my pantry items has been worrying me for a while.

I am replacing mine with beautiful handwoven water hyacinth seagrass baskets with labels from Wayfair. They look lovely, add a further country cottage touch to my kitchen, and crucially, are non-toxic, as they’re made with natural materials and no plastic.

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