The Woodshop Shed

Blanket/Cedar chest

Furnished content.
(from Lumberjocks.com)


My son got married in October and he and the new DIL requested a blanket/cedar chest as a wedding gift. I got the project started in December and finished in February. Wasn't rushing to get it done and was surprised it took about 85 hours to finish. Seems like a lot more work that two 40 hour weeks.The plans were found in Woodsmith magazine, Volume 25, Issue 145. It was labeled as a blanket chest and I added eastern red cedar to the walls and floors of the main compartment and the two drawers to make it a “cedar” chest.
I've built lots of different things but this was probably the one that combined more past techniques and a few new ones than any project I've done before. Spent a small fortune on good quality router bits to make the different molding profiles.
The couple wanted the finished product with a cherry stain. I picked birch ply and solid wood and stained it with ZAR cherry stain. It came out looking just like the photo of the project in Woodsmith.The back of the chest is plain so it can fit up against a wall or the foot of the bed. The bracket feet were fun and one of those new things I learned. Another thing I've never done is use a brown Sharpie pen to color the wood in the recess around the lid to create a shadow line. It worked out well and adds a very nice detail.I removed the cluttered shop background in a couple of the photos due to excess distraction from the main event. I hope you enjoy the final product.

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