Vintage cigar boxes

How to repurpose vintage cigar tins
1 Take on cuts and scrapes with a colourful tin cigar box (carefully cleaned with clear polish or wax—never hot water) to store bandages, disinfectant wipes, antibiotic ointment and mini rolls of gauze. Make sure the box has a lid that can snap shut so things won't spill out when you're in a rush.

2 As pretty inside as out, wooden cigar boxes were designed to not only carry cigars but display them as well. Put your box's good looks to work in your home as a jewellery box to store and display your favourite baubles to special effect.

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