10 lovely wood baskets for your log burner or open fire

On the hunt for a new log basket? Amelia Thorpe presents her favourites that offer perfect storage as you transport wood from the log pile to the fire.

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EX7MC5 Ross-on-wye, Herefordshire, UK. Logs piled in a wicker basket in front of a fire in a country house © Becky Matthews

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Circular log basket From £154.93, Waveney Rush 01502 538777; www.waveneyrush.co.uk


Willow log basket by Annemarie O’Sullivan £590, The New Craftsmen 020–7148 3190; www.thenewcraftsmen.com


Sumava log bin, large £525, OKA 0333 004 2042; www.oka.com


Somerton round log basket, large £160, Neptune 01793 427450; www.neptune.com


Staveley log basket, small £75, Jim Lawrence www.jim-lawrence.co.uk; 01473 826685


Garden Trading rope-and-rattan log basket £120, Houseology 0330 363 0330; www.houseology.com


The Mendip log holder £270, Chesneys 020–7627 1410; www.chesneys.co.uk


Leather log basket £199, Life of Riley 01799 551813; www.lifeofrileyonline.co.uk


Round rattan log basket £99.95, House of Bruar 0345 136 0111; www.houseofbruar.com


Balloon log basket £325, Somerset Willow 01278 424003; www.somersetwillow.co.uk


Lotus log holder £96, Bodj 01983 537760; www.bodj.co.uk


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