Vintage-style salt box, made from Syzygium luehmannii (small-leaved Lilly Pilly) timber from our own backyard hedge.

We cut part of the hedge back, milled a few boards from it, and let them air-dry for about a year. Once the timber was ready, I turned one of those boards into this salt box.

#woodworking #handmade #vintagestyle #woodcraft #australianwood #lillypilly #hobbywoodworking #woodcurl

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syzygium_luehmannii #lillypilly its pink berries are such a captivating colour (*thanks for letting me use that word at least once in my lifetime 😆)
Syzygium luehmannii - Wikipedia

"#Syzygium australe is a summer-flowering, winter-fruiting evergreen tree, native to #Australia and belonging to the myrtle family #Myrtaceae. It shares the common name "#lillypilly" with several other plants." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syzygium_australe
Syzygium australe - Wikipedia