Wooden Soap Dish, Red Alder

A raw wood soap dish that lets the bar drain.

Red alder, cut with deep channels so water runs off and the bar can dry between uses. Howells Products says its design keeps soap from sticking, and that a bar that dries quickly lasts longer.

• Raw, unfinished red alder, with no oil, wax or sealant
• 2.75 x 4 x 0.75 inches, sized for a standard bar of soap
• Care: every 3 to 4 weeks, wipe it clean and let it dry out overnight, then return it to use the next day
• Sold unpackaged, as a single piece of wood
• Breaks down in a home compost pile at the end of its life (not certified compostable)
• Handmade in Redmond, Oregon, from red alder grown in the US, per Howells Products

The maker
Howells Products is a family business in Redmond, Oregon. Chris Howells started it in 2011, making wooden toys, coasters and soap dishes for farmers markets and holiday bazaars, and now runs it with his brother-in-law from a shop on his property in Central Oregon. Howells says all of its wood is sourced in the USA and every product is handmade in Redmond.

Why it is on our shelf
Customers asked us for a plastic free soap saver. This one is a single piece of raw wood from a family workshop, with nothing else in it.

The swap
A wooden dish under your bar of soap, in place of a plastic soap tray.

Small choices add up.