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About 5 years we built a hope chest for our daughter.

We used three species of wood. Maple, cedar and walnut. We used 3 types maple. Curly maple, Birdseye maple and quilted maple.

I designed it as frame and panel construction with maple stiles and rails and cedar panels. For the top I joined two pieces of Birdseye maple and a piece of curly maple with walnut bow ties at the seams. Then I laminated that to a piece of cedar. I worried about this warping but so far it hasn't.

I struggled long and hard to come up with the perfect design. I wanted something that would represent my love for her. She knows she will always have my heart and now anyone who sees her hope chest will know it too.

The heart is quilted maple.

9-21-09 I updated the photos. I finally found one that showed the base moulding and the depth of the various grains.

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It turned out really beautiful. Great job!
 

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Nice work
 

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Mighty fine. BZ
 

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Unique design well done
 

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Awesome--really good job!
 

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this is the reason i come here! beautiful, absolutley beautiful….......
 

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Please tell me again what is the meaning of hope chest?Alistair
 

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Hi Alistar,

A hope chest is also called a wedding chest.

The meaning these days is strictly symbolic but in the old days a hope it was a chest used by a young woman for clothing and household goods, such as linens and silver, in anticipation of marriage.

Full disclosure: I copied this definition from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/hope+chest

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J
 

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This is a very beautiful and well crafted piece. I just looked in after reading your Unisaw blog.
 

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One fine peice you made for her!!!!! I'm sure the smiles have not stopped!!!1
 

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I really like how you did the different woods to put together on the top of the chest….very nice…and nice selection of woods.. thanks for sharing the project
 

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I love all the different woods you put into this as well. Great job, it turned out beautiful!

AKA….......Woodchic
 

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WOW that heart is awesome, and of coarse the design is great too, love it..
 
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