It doesn’t hold a store bought loaf of bread as I thought it would.  Obviously a French baguette will not fit, but I intended to break those in half to make them fit.  It does hold my boules and artisans.  Homemade bread will be done with this breadbox in mind.  It may actually be a blessing as I am now more motivated to hand bake our sandwich bread so that it fits.  LOL. I turn the box around backwards so that the “BREAD” writing doesn’t show.