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CHEST & TRUNK sa BLANKET CHEST sa CEDAR CHEST & CLOSET sa CHEST OF DRAWERS sa MODEL & MINIATURE CHEST & TRUNK x TRUNK xx FURNITURE How to give an old trunk a facelift with paint and stylized farm scenes cut from Con-Tact self-adhesive plastic. Instructions for painting and patterns for the scene included. Carcase work in furniture design and construction. Includes basic dimensions and construction ideas for (1) a six-board chest, (2) slant-top desk, and (3) Queen Anne highboy. Traditional chest uses just six wide boards. The top has a novel hinge which allows the top to stand open or be removed. Corners are joined with wide dovetails. Overall dimensions: 31" long, 16" wide, 15" deep. Round-top chest is hand-planed to give it an antique look and painted with Pennsylvania German designs. Overall dimensions: 22" long, 12" wide, 16" tall. Using a router and a jig to get the coopered top of a chest perfectly curved (rounded). Photo shows how to convert a trunk into a linen storage unit with sliding shelves. Est. cost: $45. Photo shows a footlocker/seat combination built of 1/2" plywood. Chest is divided into four storage compartments and has two sliding trays that sit on top of the compartments. Top is hinged for access. Unit is 24"x36"x12" high. Est. cost: $17. Photo shows how to make a cushion-top chest from a simple box of 3/4" plywood covered with fabric and topped with a cushion. Est. cost: $20. How to make a carved pine chest inspired by Spanish and Indian designs. Photo shows how to make a study and lounge area in a niche. Two unfinished campaign chests are topped with a piece of plywood. Top extends on one end to form a desk surface. A foam pad atop the area over the chests provides lounge seating. Est. cost: $93. How to carve decorations on an unfinished chest and then finish the chest with artists' oil paints and varnish. Nailhead trunk. Transform a plain cardboard storage trunk with suede cloth and brass-colored thumb tacks. Est. cost: $36. How to build a Scout patrol equipment storage chest and accompanying bulletin board. Chest is 17" high, 21" deep, and 36" long. Bulletin board is 24"x48". Chest has a partitioned tray that is 12" deep. Chest is built from plywood. Pioneer pine chest. Part 1. Construction of an early settler's pine chest using traditional techniques. Uses frame and panel construction, plus decorative moldings and carvings. Dimensions: 20" wide, 26" tall, 34" long. Est. cost: $80. Pioneer pine chest. Part 2. Begin assembly of the traditional chest. Pioneer pine chest. Part 3. Complete the assembly. Chip carving embellishes chest corner posts. Includes patterns. How to turn an old trunk into a folk painted heirloom. Faux finishes. Easy-to-apply wallpapers simulate the rich look of trompe l'oeil. Decorating a window cornice and a storage trunk are illustrated. Beautiful linings. How to use decorative paper or fabric to add a professional finish to the insides of trunks, boxes and drawers Pennsylvania Dutch painted chest is 38" long, 20" wide and 23" high. Has 5" high turned feet, a hinged lid and a small inside box called a till. Includes painting instructions. How to finish an unpainted dower chest with corncob graining and painted stencils. Wooden 24" fireside kindling box. An attractive chest built from pine with brass handles on each end. How to renovate an old trunk. Tip: How to form curved plywood trunk tops. Chest lid stop consists of a chain that stores in a hole in the edge of the box when top is closed. Pennsylvania painted chests. Tips on constructing and decorating the painted chests that were popular in the early 19th century in regions of Pennsylvania. Reproduction of a 17th-century traveler's chest looks coopered, but is actually carved from three planks using a scrub plane. Lid support for a small chest is made from brass rod and disappears into the side of the chest when lid is closed. How to make a sea chest, a simple wooden chest that features a lift top, large-dovetail corner joints, rope handles and an interior ditty box. Overall dimensions: 27"x18"x21" tall. Simple open-end commode of white pine. Designing a base for a storage chest. Treasure chest. Attractive storage trunk (blanket chest, footlocker) features an arched top and lift-out storage tray. Built primarily of particleboard. Overall dimensions: 18"x18"x36" long. Celtic bridal chest. An adaptation of an 18th Century Scottish or Irish bridal chest features tooled leather over a wooden case. Embroidered chest worked in crewel. Instructions include making the wooden chest and pattern for 18th century plumed birds crewel design. Satin-covered treasure chest has softly padded lid topped with ribbon bands. Build a brass-bound campaign chest. Storage chest is constructed using basic woodworking techniques and molding to conceal the butt joints. Tips on making your own hope chest from an old trunk. How to refurbish an old wooden storage trunk by insetting needlepoint designs between the slats. Needlepoint decorated trunk. A low coffee table/chest combination has a magazine display rack and a large storage area under the hinged top. Spanish-style chest has mosaic-tile top and double doors with raised blocks. How to convert throw-away wooden boxes into elaborate one-of-a kind trinket chests. Six designs are shown: Byzantine, Camelot, Gothic, Ben Hur, Egyptian and Barn. A small wooden "treasure chest" with brass trim stores trinkets. Colonial storage chest features 24 seperate storage comparments, each with its own door that pulls up and slides back out of the way for access. Each compartment is approx. 6"x8"x8" deep. Make a toybox or storage box in the size and shape of an old storage trunk. Then decorate it in one of four styles: (1) alphabet box, (2) pirates' chest, (3) stagecoach trunk or (4) Pennsylvania Dutch blanket chest. Made from one sheet of plywood. How to build a microdorm. A combination bed, desk and chest. A modern design by Ken Isaacs. Whaler's sea chest. A wooden chest assembled with large dovetails is decorated with nautical carvings. Overall dimensions: 17"x29"x12" tall. A sea chest for posterity. Decorative wooden chest features rope handles, carved becket cleats, dovetailed corners, etc. Simulates those popular during the early nineteenth century. Advice on preparing the surface of an old trunk for painting. Keeping trunk. Replica of the rugged boxes in which Southwest settlers stored their most precious posessions. Overall dimensions: 20"x22"x16" tall. V-block style of carrier (jig) for a band saw helps you safely chamfer the edges of a small turning square to get an octagon. Wooden steamer trunk (20"x22"x44" long) has laminated birch skin, bent into curves and banded with strips of birch. It is lined with aromatic cedar and fitted with brass hardware. Sweater chest. A wooden storage box or trunk features wooden hinges and a wooden latch. The trunk is built of 1/2" plywood. Dimensions: 27" long, 16" wide, 14" deep. Corners feature lock miter joints and miter-spline joint. Heirloom steamer trunk project features splined-miter corners, lift-out tray, oak construction and brass hardware. Overall dimensions: 37"x21"x16" tall. Tip on properly locating the screw holes when attaching a lift-up lid to a chest. A thinking man's chest. A simple six-board storage chest does not require elaborate joinery, but allows for a variety of choices during the construction. Six-board chest features dovetail joints and decorative moldings that are fashioned entirely with hand tools. Carved chest is an adaptation of a medieval aumbry or chest. Can be used as a toy box or other storage use. Build of pine or other wood. Features decorative chip carving on top and sides. Replica of a military chest used by officers of the British armies campaigning during the Napoleonic wars. Two units, one with 2 large drawers and one with 2 small drawers, pigeon holes, and a pull-out writing surface, stack together. A non-traditional chest. Multi-purpose storage chest made of solid and veneered ash. A pierced front allows it to be used as a container for hi-fi speakers. The top lifts up on wooden hinges pivoting on a steel rod. Overall dimensions: 1078mm long, 482mm deep, 414mm tall. Solid-oak chest is designed to be robustly constructed, not too heavy, easily portable, frank in its joints and essential structure, and expressive of the wood's nature. Features dovetail corner joints and a wrap-around handle. Overall dimensions: 48"x19"x22" tall. A jewel of a chest. Meticulous drawings for a classical miniature chest from 18th-century Holland. Style in the making. What constitutes good furniture design. Several unique furniture pieces shown, including: (1) Pine and mahogany chest. (2) Coffee table which converts to a baby cradle. (3) Octagonal table with a glass top. Storage chest is built from MDF (medium density fiberboard) and then elegantly veneered on the inside and outside with sycamore and rosewood. Overall dimensions: 730x450x470mm tall (29"x18"x19"). Ancient but modern. A simple frame-and-panel chest with a flat lift-up lid is decorated by carving the panels and posts (legs). Overall dimensions: 36"x25"x24" tall. Part 1. Lid and framework. Ancient but modern. Part 2. Carving the panels, assembly and finishing. Velvet lined treasure chest. A fine wooden box, with dovetailed corners and a hinged top, is lined with velvet and used to store and display an antique pistol or other object. Reproduction of an Appalachian sugar chest, circa 1870. Overall dimensions: 37" tall, 26" wide, 20" deep. Pennsylvania small chest features wood inlays, molded edges, and bun feet. Has a strong William and Mary design influence. Patterned on a typical early 1700's design. Overall dimensions: 21"x14"x14" tall. Heirloom toy chest. Wooden trunk features a curved top made from slats with narrow spaces between them (thus providing for both ventilation and eliminating danger of suffocation if a child gets inside). The design is suitable for use as a blanket chest or storage chest for adults as well as children. Overall dimensions: 36"x18"x25" tall. Frame-and-panel chest uses vertical overlapping slats in place of a solid panel to add visual interest and solve expansion and contraction problems. Adapted from an 1890s chest built by Sidney Barnsley, a founder of the English Arts & Crafts movement. Overall dimensions: 40"x20"x22" tall. The making of the Markshall chest. A drinks cabinet is styled like a 17th century lift-top chest on legs, but with the addition of "secret" hinged front panels which swing open. Part 1. The making of the Markshall chest. Part 2. The making of the Markshall chest. Part 3. Colonial desk and chest combination. Book and magazine commode. Contemporary bedroom chest for a man. Converting an old trunk to an attractive storage chest. Three basic modular furniture units, a seat, table and chest, that can be combined for many uses. Colonial sea chest is made from pine or fir and distressed to add aged effect. Simple storage chest is 26" wide, 19" deep and 14" high. Sliding tray inside holds small items. Chest is built from exterior plywood so it can be in an area exposed to weather. Dimensions can be modified to suit needs. Slanted top lifts up for access. Wagon-Seat chest is 40" long, 18" deep and 26" high. Top lifts for access to storage area. Entire unit built from 3/4" pine boards. How to build a tantalus, a locked case for wines or liquors that sea captains used to carry. Unit includes a secret drawer. Norwegian chest with hinged lid is 24" wide, 11" deep and 12" high. The top and sides are decorated with split turnings, decorative strips and wood medallions. Antique paint is applied inside and out and rosemaling designs are painted on the sides, top and inside the lid. How to make a small chest. Sides are ready-made crown molding. Small, spanish-style decorator chest has a rounded top and raised panels on the sides and ends. Chest is 25" long, 14" deep and 14" high. Norwegian decorated chest is a replica of one in the Bygdo collection (Christiana, Norway) created in the middle 1800's. Chest is 24" wide, 15" deep and 42" tall with two shelves inside. Front panels, door and cornice require elaborate carving and painting. Pattern for a green and gold 18th century commode, featuring a marble top. Patterned after one in the Grassi Collection (Leipzig, Germany). Pirate "treasure" chest bound in metal. Chest is made from plywood, covered with veneer and decorated with metal straps. Measures: 23" long and 14" wide. Heirloom trunk updated to handy storage cabinet by cutting doors in the front and placing on short legs. Build a reproduction of an antique tool chest. A simple box is decorated with mitered trim and fitted with a hinged lid. Overall dimensions: 11"x36"x11" tall. Heirloom chest. Replica of a sturdy wooden tool chest similar to those brought to America by European craftsmen. Features a lift-up top, lock, carrying handles on the end panels, and a lift-out interior tray. Overall dimensions: 25"x13"x12" tall. | |||||||||
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