Tea Chest

Congratulations of the second prize. A great looking tea chest.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Beautiful piece ! Very nice !
God bless

-- Gene, a Christian in Virginia

Farles,

That is really nice. The red inlay / laminate around the top is an excellent touch. It really drew my eye. The tapered legs add an elegant look. I like it a lot.

Thank you so much! I am new to Lumberjocks and really appreciate the positive comments. Cheers!

-- Farles from Niagara - Woodworking, like life, is a journey...enjoy the ride!

really nice job. welcome to lj’s !!!

-- ..... art for lifes sake ... danwalters@lumberjocks.com

Lovely piece! The combination of woods is outstanding, and it certainly deserves to be a prize-winner. I presume the cedar doesn’t affect the flavor of the tea?

-- Robert from Raymond, MS. "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is therefore not a practice, but a habit." - Aristotle

Very nice!

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

Just to clarify, the beeswax polish is Clapham’s, not Chapman’s. Robert, I put a coat of the wax, which is unscented, on the cedar lining. My original thinking was that, besides looking nice, it would give a fresh scent (who doesn’t love the smell of cedar?). Then, when I put it all together, the smell was much too strong for the teas, so I put the wax on (the poplar partitions are unfinished). It also had the added benefit of really bringing out the grain of the cedar. Now, when you open up the chest, all you smell are the teas!

-- Farles from Niagara - Woodworking, like life, is a journey...enjoy the ride!

What a great concept and nice design!

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA

Great job. Congrats on winning prizes.

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

The need for a solution is often the impetus for the project. Great solution and nice work!

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

Nice job Farles! What Home Depot has a woodworking competition? And those sound like sweet prizes for finishing second. Oh, and welcome to LJ!

-- Kevin -- (http://www.furniturebykevin.com)

Great design! Nice work! and Congratulations!

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com

Congrat’s on the win! I just love small wooden boxes, so this is a real treat to behold.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/

Nice box there, Farles. And congratulations on the 2nd prize!

-- Dekker - http://www.WoodworkDetails.com/Blog/MNagy/

Very nice job on the chest, kudos on the win, and ya those are sweet prizes! Sounds like you had a great weekend!

-- I've cut that board three times and it's still too short!

Outstanding box, it deserves the ribbon it won. That’s what I like about building boxes – you can incorporate so many design elements and get very creative. I really like what you’ve done with this tea box.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

Very cool, I like the design and the way in which you can present tea!

-- Branden - Sacramento, California - www.ShopDogUSA.com

Thanks again everyone. I still can’t believe all the wonderful comments, what a great community to be a part of! Although it’s hard these days to get projects done with a six month old baby, I will post them as they come along. I have some gorgeous bloodwood, lacewood, and birds eye maple that is begging for something special. Maybe a jewelry box for the baby? Again, thanks everybody for making me feel so welcome!

-- Farles from Niagara - Woodworking, like life, is a journey...enjoy the ride!

Very, Very nice. Love boxes and this is a grat one!!

-- Dave, Iowa

Very nice! This is the first time I have seen this one.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Nice. Thanks Gary for digging it out of the archives. I missed it, too.

-- Maplewood, MN

Beauty! thanks for the added info about protecting the Tea from the cedar – Yes, I love the smell of wood, but wouldn’t think my wife would prefer it in her darjeeling.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

Beautiful craftsmanship.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Congratulations of the prize. Beautiful price.

-- Jiri