Cake Trough Pantry

When good neighbor Lloyd stopped by with his latest junk offering, he really had me stumped. He had some sort of shallow, boat-shaped metal object. Noting with satisfaction my puzzled look, he finally explained that the odd offering was two refrigerator door shells bolted end to end.

Okay, I could see that now, but why? Seems the late Omar Owens of Lipscomb, Texas needed a cattle feed, or “cake” trough, so he came up with the refrigerator door combination. The “trough” had acquired quite an unusual patina and is of such heavy gauge metal that the years of cattle tromping did not dent it up too seriously.

A new load of reclaimed interior trim had a batch of odd blue door and window casing, the perfect pairing for the trough tin. Back porch siding has been made into side panels on the Cake Trough Pantry.

Spring steel banding from an early wooden water tank trims out the “roof” of the pantry, and is held in place by old elevator chain links. An implement raising-and-lowering pivot arm is now the pantry door pull.