How to Care for Your Cottageware

Most of our items are finished* with heated, boiled linseed oil & lots of hand rubbing! We feel linseed oil provides the best finish option for durability, while being food safe, & allowing a lovely natural aging of the wood to occur. 

To keep your garden trug, kitchen tool, pantry, home & hearth woodenware at its best & prolong its “working life”:

STEP 1 ~ After use, give it a quick rinse down. Run it under water or spray lightly with a hose. Wood does NOT like to be submerged or soaked. A quick towel dry, then hang or set aside to finish air drying. Weathering will depend on how much direct sun it gets.

STEP 2 ~ Once every year, wipe in a fresh layer of linseed oil or any other food-safe wood conditioner (follow all safe handling directions!). Let dry. Rub down with a clean cloth. Ready for another year of beautiful hard work. 

*Our rolling pins & our "Workshop Seconds" -Unfinished trugs will age gracefully with some common sense care (see Step 1 above).