I got a bread box from Williams Sonoma, it is glass and stainless steel or chrome and it is sort of a roll top. I'm so glad I got this. I always had the messy bread basket before, and now I have a neat attractive place to keep bread conveniently on the counter.

I've been using a large ClickClack canister which helps keep the bread fresh, but I learned here that the warming drawer is another good place. Because the controls are on the inside it's hard to turn it on accidentally with the bread inside, and it's sealed so keeps the bread fresher. Can't wait to try it!

When I bake 2 loafs, I let them cool on a rack and then put them in zip bags. One goes in the freezer and the other goes in the fridge. They stay moist and fresh, one slice a day, all the way to the end.

I store mine in the top oven of my double ovens. Although DH calls this a very expensive way to store bread, it works for us!

I keep ours in the freezer and pull it out as needed, store the thawed loaf in the fridge. We go through half a loaf a day (and half a gallon of milk) so it doesn't get stale. My parents store theirs in the freezer, thaw a couple slices as needed since it's just the 2 of them.

I store mine in the freezer as well. The way I grew up, when my Mom baked bread, she made a big batch and froze it, so even with store bought bread I do the same. We (a family of 5 including 3 teenage boys!) go through too much for me to just buy a fresh loaf every time I need some.

I have an old enamelled German breadbox that's 19"x10"; you can often find them in antique stores or eBay:

I store my bread in the freezer, then into my 15" bread drawer in my Medallion cabinets! I love it! My bread drawer consists of an added piece of plastic that slides to seal the drawer closed. I wanted to keep my counters as clear as possible.

Barb

I have a deep drawer (not outfitted as a bread drawer). I bought a couple of canister-size plastic containers (rectangular) made by steri-lite. They have lock-able tops. The bread loaves fit perfectly in them and I put the containers in the drawer. Much cheaper than the bread drawer insert, keeps the countertops free, and keeps the bread fresh without spoiling.
In the unrenovated kitchen, I used to have a big basket on my counter, but it always looked messy.

I store it in the freezer and pull out a few slices as needed. This way, it's fresh all the time!! There's only two of us so a loaf can last 2+ weeks. Sometimes, I'll even put the loaf (plastic and all) into a big freezer bag.

I make 4-6 loaves at a time and put them in bread bags (just larger plastic bags) that I ordered online, and put them in the drawer under where our toaster oven sits. It's just a regular drawer...No special bread box or anything.

OK - I'm sort of confused. I have a breadbox now - I thought it was mainly decorative - it doesn't seem all that 'airtight'! I was just planning on keeping my bread in a regular drawer in the new kitchen... is there some reason that I would need a special bread drawer or breadbox??

I saw a cute plastic bread container at Stop and Shop the other day but now I want to look at William-Sonoma! Our bread is always going stale even though I have two kids they don't eat it fast enough. I don't like the taste of frozen/thawed bread :-(

I am planning on adding my own breadbox after we move in and figure out which drawer will work best (although I am leaning towards one of my 18"ers).

right now I have my bread in my Henry Watson Original Suffolk Bread Crock - a lovely accessory that I carried home all the way from England - it's just too small for all the bread we eat!

Here is a link that might be useful: one I'm considering

I use one of my regular drawers as a designated bread drawer. I had a local sheet metal place make me a custom insert for the entire drawer (no top) so I can just lift out the metal and clean it occasionally. I just put the bread/bagels/rolls in there in the plastic or paper bags that they came in. It works great for us.

I store our bread in a "regular" drawer...the bottom drawer in our 4-drawer base. It keeps longer there than it did in the pantry in our old kitchen.

I had originally planned on a a "bread insert" in one of the 3-drawer bases, but when we started cutting costs we cut it...and saved over $300. In the regular door, the bread rarely goes bad b/f we use it up. We're a family of 4 (two teens), but I don't eat bread as I have Celiac Disease. (If bread is on sale & I buy several loaves, I double bag the extra loaves & store them in the freezer. My gluten-free bread is stored in the freezer since I don't eat it that quickly.)

I learned long ago, btw, that bread goes stale when stored in the refrigerator unless used up in a day or two...but if you use it up that quickly you don't need to store it in the refrigerator!

As buehl mentioned refrigerating bread is not advised, it dries it out faster. We freeze ours and it thaws quickly as needed.

I've heard it especially advised not to refrigerate homemade bread.

Buehl, I'm just curious--your dogs don't go crazy with it in the bottom drawer so close to the floor? I'd be afraid the dogs would damage the drawer. We caught our Lab sneaking a loaf off the island the other day!