Blanket Chest

I love walnut and cherry. Looks great!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Looks great. This is one project that I want to do again. These chests make great gifts.

-- You can't get a hug from Facebook.

Nice looking blanket chest.

-- Glenn, New Mexico

Constructive criticism? I don’t have any I think it is beautiful and well made.

It looks very good. I hope I can build one like that oneday.

well done … walnut and cherry are great together

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

Nicely done. I like the wide rim around the top. Grain looks super!

-- Rich, Seattle, WA

Looks fantastic! I’m getting up the nerve to make a chest as my next project and you’ve provided the inspiration

Welcome to Lumber Jocks. that’s a dandy chest. Love the combination of Walnut and cherry.

-- Thos. Angle

Well done, congrats.
What are the dimensions? I am making a toy box but using blanket chest plans that I drew up yesterday, yours looks just like what I want to build, thanks for sharing.

-- "You get what you inspect, not what you expect"

Cody thats a nice blanket chest.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

Very nice chest and looks spacious!

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

Looks great. Walnut & Cherry really work well together! Thanks for including info on the finish.

Thanks for the nice comments everyone. The dimensions are roughly 22”H 44”L 20”D. I am very happy with the final dimensions since I was unsure how it would turn out when I started. I built it from a plan I found online and followed the dimensions from the plans pretty closely.

-- Cody Crisp - http://www.ruggedcrosswoodworks.com

Nice job Cody; I particularly like the walnut/cherry combo as well.

Regards, JM

-- Jarrod, Taos, NM http://jzmurphree.wordpress.com/

Very Very nice design. The combination of woods work well together. There is one think that you may want to keep in mine in the future.
When I once worked for Home Depot in the hardware dept. I was the guy that build there wooden project and demo’ed to the customers. Well I was given a plan along with maybe 1500-2000 other stores. The day before the demo the Lawyers got into the act. I was asked to change the design to allow space for fingers under the cover. This of course was for small childern. The tops are very heavy depending on the material and the size. I see as you noted that the cover has an air shock to prevent this from happening. But every thing breaks sooner or later. So Keep this in mine on your next project.

-- Dominic, Trinity, Florida...Lets be safe out there.

Dominic, thanks for the advice. Do you know of an example showing a design that leaves space for fingers under the top? I’m a visual learner.

-- Cody Crisp - http://www.ruggedcrosswoodworks.com

Looks awesome Cody. Did you have to use tenons for the stretchers? Or are there hidden fasteners underneath/inside? Wood and finish choice is outstanding.

-- Measure, cut, curse, repeat.

McLeanVA, there are tenons attaching all of the stretchers. The only fasteners are brass screws that are visible in the third picture.

-- Cody Crisp - http://www.ruggedcrosswoodworks.com

I looked up toy boxes and found this.
http://www.toyboxesandstorage.com/
Please take my comments as a suggestion and not to tell you how it should be done. You have made a cabinet I could not even attemp to make.
I made a toy box for my kids. My son is older than his sister. It had a cover to it so it looked complete. It was built in a closet in the family room where most of their toys were. This was 25 years ago. I saw my son and daugther in the toy room. My daughter was just learning to walk and needed something to hold on to just to stand.
My son had to bend at the knees to lift a top (that was way too heavy) with a straight arm. (hope your getting the picture) When he somehow got his toy he would let go and the top just slamed down. My trim was made for corner trim that was made from medal. I almost craped my pants when I saw what was happening.
That second the top came off. No one was hurt thank God.

-- Dominic, Trinity, Florida...Lets be safe out there.