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This is a hope chest that I made for someone who requested it. No fancy finger joints, dovetails or raised panels here but not just a plain old box either. I quoted them on a "fancier" one first but it didn't suit their budget. This one yielded a similar look with a better price tag. The...

Well Fellow LJ's, if you have followed my blogs you know its been several months that I've been working on this project. I finally finshed my rendition of LJ T-Chisel's (Tom MacDonalds) Blanket Chest, Project #3. Wifey will be delivering it to our Grand Daughter next week when she goes to...

Here is my version of Norm Abrams Blanket Chest. for all the joinery I recommend get his book and follow how he did the tongue and groove and panel plans. , also its on utube to watch and learn. It was quite good and I can say I learned a lot and did many test cuts to make sure I got it...

This is a set of three blanket chest I made for my daughter and a couple of her friends. Here is the blog if you are interested in the process and a quick cut list. The frames are poplar. The panels and trim are Red oak. (panels are 1/4" ply) All of the lumber was self cut and has been air...

As I tell my evening class students, by the time you have made a kist, you are well on the way to being a furniture maker! This is project 7 in our furniture making course at Lethenty Mill - and it is a pretty demanding one. Traditional kists always had a lock, as papers and personal...

Jul 2018 Completed this for ourselves other than family or clients. It was bittersweet in that I've finally run out of space in the house for anymore substantial pieces unless I replace a current one. It's happened before. :) The chest is made for the foot of the bed with room to pass by...

20×40x20 solid cedar, including the floor with raised panel sides. 4 coats of sprayed on lacquer. Inside is not finished to retain the natural cedar smell.

Hi guys and gals, This is a rendition of Lonnie Bird's Pennsylvania blanket chest. The only differences are the trim, and the inlay in the drawer (because there was a bad spot and I didn't want to mill anymore lumber), the addition of drawer locks, and different hardware. The chest is walnut...

I blogged the build of this chest as I went along. You can pick it up here from the beginning. My Youngest is getting married in Sept. 2014. Soon, as of this writing…sigh… This chest will have in it a couple of items from the hope chest my wife has that is nostalgic about my daughter from her...

This blanket / toy chest was inspired by the wood whisperer guild project with a couple of modifications. I used white ash since I didn't have access to white oak and african blackwood instead of the traditional ebony. I paid only a fraction of the price and I find the result perfectly...

I have been making hope chest/foot lockers for my nieces and nephews graduation gifts. My niece Téa is a junior world champion in gaited horse show competitions. Therefore, I chose a classic, traditional design for her, a Pennsylvania Blanket Chest. It is patterned from Glen Huey's blanket...

This is a blanket chest that I made for my wife for our anniversary. It is made from cherry and silver birch and has a cedar bottom. The bread board ends were a little more challenging than anticipated but patience won. I was torn between making the panels flat or raised but as you can see I...

Carcase is solid Cherry. panels are veneered plywood with Quilted Maple on the outside and Aromatic cedar on the inside. Posts have a Federal style stringing pattern inlayed with Holly. Lid has a 1.5 inch thick foam cushion for sitting and is upholstered with a floral pattern. Chest also has a...

I built this blanket chest for my new nephew out of black walnut and lined the inside with aromatic cedar. This is my first frame and panel design as well as my first project with bookmatching. The top is also bookmatched from a single slab.

Stuff like this is always my favorite, because when I start one one of these, I never know how it's going to turn out when I get done, & I like to make it look a certain way, old & beat up, not new looking & gift shop junky. These photos were taken after I got the two pieces put together, sanded...

A Lane cedar chest built in 1954, originally in oak veneer, was painted by my client some 20 or 25 years ago in a red over green crackle paint that was in fashion at the time. He recently asked what,if anything, I could do to the chest that might save it, as it was originally his mothers. The...

I had a little bit of walnut hardwood and maple plywood left over from the wine cabniet build so I made a blanket chest. Nothing special but it looks good sitting under one of the windows in the living room.

Hi guys This is my 5th and last Hope Chest for awhile. This one is for my bride of 24 years. She's been asking for one of these ever since we got married. Good thing she has a lot of patience! The last two were for my daughters. My bride gets the biggest and best one. This is solid...

This pine trunk chest will be a graduation present. Size 36 L x 18 H x 18 w. I made the sides and ends from 1×12 and 1×3 glued and biscuited. And the Top is 4 pine boards biscuited oversized and then cut to size. I wanted the top to gain some space so a 2 inch strip was screwed on and...

I'll give the project details first and then get into a little philosophy on this project and my woodworking in general. If the philosophy part doesn't interest you then just stop after the details. This is a toy chest/blanket chest I built for my grandson's first Christmas. He won't be old...