Egg Box

Our Egg Boxes came about after we decided to raise chickens and soon found ourselves with more eggs than we knew what to do with. We started sharing them with friends, but ordinary egg cartons weren’t doing a very good job of protecting the eggs during transport, especially in the back of a truck.

So I built six wooden boxes, each designed to hold two standard 30-egg cardboard trays, for a total of 60 eggs. The boxes protected the eggs during delivery, and we developed a simple routine: drop off a full box, pick up the empty one from the previous delivery, and repeat. No more broken eggs!

The design uses a rope that serves as both a carrying handle and a lid retainer. Made from plywood with a burned finish and mineral oil, the boxes proved popular enough that friends began asking us to make more.

Although designed around egg trays, there’s no reason they can’t be used for other things. We can make them plain or decorate the lids and sides with custom carvings, turning a practical storage box into something more personal.

Chicken not included.

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