Repurposing ideas for Metal, Dutch Oven pan with handles?

Joanie
by Joanie
This pan I hate to pitch and just wanted some advise on how to keep it and yet recycle it and make it look pretty for some kind of use?icon

  7 answers
  • Janet Pizaro Janet Pizaro on Mar 19, 2018

    did you send a photo

  • Linda Shelton Linda Shelton on Mar 19, 2018

    I dnt see a photo so im guessing its a larger pot like one you cook pasta or potatoes in..i use pots i no longer cook in as planters..i drill a few holes in bottom for drainage ..u can use Rustoleum and paint the pan to brighten up a patio..front entrance..

  • Jeanette S Jeanette S on Mar 19, 2018

    The first thing that came to my mind was "What a great place to keep all that messy stuff in a bathroom!!" Some of these come in beautiful colors and some are just plain stainless steel. You can dress one up with a fabric skirt tied to the handles; or decorate it in many other ways.


    I don't have a Dutch Oven, so I use a wire basket and I put some jars inside to hold tooth brushes and toothpaste; another one for combs and hairbrushes; one to hold my scissors and another one for my various pencils and tall tubes like mascara!


    The when you want to wipe up the bathroom vanity top just move the pot, wipe and you are done. And nothing sticky seeps out on everything else.

    BTW, it's lid can be used to cover a frying pan if it is a round dutch oven.


  • Joanie Joanie on Mar 19, 2018

    Janet: No I didn't send a photo........it is a Dutch oven with 2 handles. Do you not know what a Dutch oven is??. A 5 qt., round pan with 2 handles and a lid. Mine is old and a shade of green. Look on google you will see a Dutch oven.

    • Joanie Joanie on Mar 20, 2018

      THank you Wendy for your reply!......I think I will just do as I thought in the first place.....paint it and use it as a planter on my deck. Cactus would be a good plant for it.  I will find a solution. You've been very helpful. Joanie

  • Jana Jana on Mar 21, 2018

    This could be a wonderful planter. Lay it on its side and have the ground cover flowers flowing out

  • I'm with Jana :)