I have a lovely flour canister - it doesn't hold ten pounds of flour by any means, but that just gave me an excuse to buy a couple of 'em ;) They definitely add a pop of color to my kitchen, though!

Middle-of-the-century Lustro-ware, available on eBay and sometimes Etsy (looks like this: http://www.goodeatsfanpage.com/images/KitchenEquipment/LustrowareSet.jpg ). Thanks to my need for something to hold all my flour, I have now become a Lustro-ware collector. My kitchen will one day look like it belongs in 1959.

As for a bigger canister, I have to admit I enjoy the size of mine - it makes moving it around the kitchen (over to where my stand mixer is, or to wherever I'm rolling out cookies) a lot simpler. I buy the big bags of flour, too, but I go through it quick enough that it's never really been an issue, storage-wise!

you should getting create and using something recycled. go to re-nest and search for something. i've recycled glass jars and just cleaned them up and put my own labels on, they don't hold ten pounds, but they work for me

I've never bothered with a countertop canister because they're too small. I use a plastic tupperware type container in my cupboard and my mom uses a (MUCH bigger) one on the floor in her pantry. You might be able to find a place to stick the thing on the floor and it may well be worth the trouble if you're going through that much of it.

Container Store! These glass canisters are fabulous. I too have succumbed to the bread craze and have found that these work wonderfully for large quantities of flour.

That two gallon jar from the container store should be large enough. I use a one gallon pickle jar to store flour, and it easily holds a five pound bag. The price is good, too!

Another idea, if you don't need something quite so large, is to repurpose a vintage ice bucket. I use one for my sugar, and it holds a five pound bag perfectly.

I love the OXO pop-top containers from Crate & Barrel. They're great for all kinds of dry storage, easy to open and close and have a wide mouth. This is what we store our flour and sugar in.

I bought two of these 2-gallon glass jars (with fitted gasket lids) for my flour & sugar. I have a smaller fluted jar for whole wheat flour - I got them all at World Market/Cost Plus and they're great. They keep everything nice & dry and look much better than the photo suggests. If I had room, I'd keep them on my countertop.

On a smaller scale, I noticed these hammered copper containers on the same site while I was searching... very nice!

I found these rubbermaid containers (2nd picture in the post) that are perfect for flour. Easy to measure.

http://whitneyinchicago.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/a-bread-success/

I went to a restaurant supply place this week and bought containers very similar to the rubbermaid clear with the measurements on the side. The brand I got was Carlisle. Cambro is a good brand as well. I got the 6 quart. I had the 8 quart in my cart and saw a 12 quart but I tend to get carried away-lol (incidentally, when you buy the restaurant supply brands you have to buy the lids separately)

Anyway, I like the idea its clear, square and particularly that it has measurements clearly on the outside so I can see how much it is rising. It also takes up less space in the fridge than the round ones.

I use half gallon canning jars. They're so cheap that you can get multiple; if you want a pop of color, tie hand dyed silk ribbon around then neck. With some looking, you can probably find larger sizes.

I also have a set of stainless steel canisters from Costco a while back, they probably have something similar that will work.

I use the largest Droppar jar from IKEA:
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/categories/departments/kitchen/15937/

I like the frosted glass, and it is easy to scoop from as it doesn't narrow at the top

Oh gosh; I have the same problem! I'm going through tons of flour with my year-long breadmaking/blogging project ( http://www.abreadaday.com ). Unfortunately, my kitchen is so small, there isn't much counter space available. One corner holds the mixer, and there's a magnetic knife rack that needs to be accessible over the biggest stretch of counter (so nothing can be over 5 or 6 inches tall there). Ikea, The Container Store, Target, and Crate & Barrel were no help.

I've sadly determined that I have to just suck it up for the year, and hide my flour away in that huge pile in the top cabinet. (God bless my constantly-used stepladder.) I probably should get some canisters or other storage for that cabinet, but it's so tiny, I'm not sure anything will fit appropriately. (Plus, it's one of those "opens upwards" doors, so there's those piston arms that get in the way of anything you want to store inside.)

But I'd still love to find something to sit on my counter, something minimalist enough for my tastes and ample enough for all my flour. I don't think it's humanly possible. :(

http://www.abreadaday.com

As wacky as it sounds, I use a (washed) 35-ounce Utz cheese ball container to hold Costco-size bags of oatmeal. Not the prettiest, but it's food-grade plastic, a hair under 13 inches tall, and super-light.

A good large sized storage solution is to use a cookie jar. You can usually find them in much bigger sizes than normal containers and then you're not stuck with a set that has one of those teeny tiny sizes that are good for 10 teabags and nothing more. I have a couple of quite large clear glass ones that I found at Target ages ago and they are just the perfect thing for me.

I use a "Montana Canister" (2.5 gal) from Target. It's only available in some stores, but they do have it on their website here.

I use the OXO pop containers http://www.oxo.com/OA_HTML/ibeCCtpSctDspRte.jsp?section=10764&minisite=10024&respid=53057

I don't know if any are big enough to hold 10 pounds of flour though; the one I use doesn't quite hold 5. I have several sizes and use them for just about all my dry pantry ingredients. They're also air-tight, which is a big plus, especially if you live somewhere humid.

potato chip tins. : )