more boxes #2: Options, soliciting opinions

Definitly use the checkerboard for the lid. I love it!! Maybe make another cherboard for the bottom, however you do it its going to look good….............Jack

-- Jack R. Ellis

I would use the checkerboard for the lid. It will get lost as a bottom..especially when some things are placed in the box.

-- Every step of any project should be considered your masterpiece if you want the finished product to reflect the quality of your work. http://www.FineArtBoxes.com

Yep, checkerboard for the lid. I like it! Doesn’t look too busy to me.

-- " I'll try to be nicer, if you'll try to be smarter" gfadvm

Definitely for the lid

-- Don, Royersford, PA

Top picture is the winner for me.

-- I may have lost my marbles, but I still have my love of woodworking

I don’t see anything wrong with the checker board for a lid. However, I think that the checkerboard would look better if it was framed with the darker wood all the way around. I would also say that to me a rectangular box looks better than a square box. In other words the lid could have the checker board pattern as a decorative effect but doesn’t need to be square like a checker board. Of course, if it’s meant to be used as a checker board then square it should be. No matter what, the first box is going to look good.

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