The Blanket Chest

Looking good. Ready for another 300 years.

-- Life is about choices. You can spend a lot of money on furniture and have really nice furniture; Or you can spend a lot on tools and have even more expensive, crappy furniture. I made my choice.

Fantastic work!

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

Interesting and well done

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Amazing job. What a treasure to save.

-- "If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right". Henry Ford

Dan,

Having been through two house fires, I can really emphathize with your client even though I didn’t have anything so valuable. Were you able to get the smoke smell out enough for them to be able to actually use the piece again?

You did a fabulous job of restoring it. Thanks for sharing.

L/W

-- Jesus is the ONLY reason for ANY season.

You do old as will as you do new. Thanks for sharing. Excellent job as always.

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

I lost every thing In a fire very hard! It’s amazing the piece made It this long only If It could talk! thanks! for posting great save.

Great post Dan! I love to hear of history and see the treasures of the past. That is an awesome burden to carry on your shoulders.

Wish I had the baskets my GggggggggDads Law and Ward carried their corn in to contribute to the purchase of Stamford, CT ;-)) We do have a few things form the 19th century that are still in the family.

-- Bob in WW ~ "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence

Now what would those Keno bros. say about that! LOL You guys are amazing!

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thank you all for your comments … i’m sure the keno brothers would have something to say, but, in the end, it’s not their family’s blanket chest … i think it was the kinks who said ‘give the people what they want’ ... the smoke smell is not completely gone … it’s about even with the mothball smell that’s still there … nothing that 20 years and a pine tree air freshener won’t take care of … dan

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I never thought mothballs smelled that bad, just a fact of life when I was a kid. does anybody still use them?

-- Bob in WW ~ "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence

Really nice!

Sheila

-- Designer/Artist/Teacher. Owner of Sheila Landry Designs (http://www.sheilalandrydesigns.com) Scroll saw, wood working and painting patterns and surfaces. "Knowledge is Power"

A great project. I agree it is nice to restore a worthy project.

-- Terry Roswell, L.A. (Lower Alabama) "Life is what happens to you when you are making other plans."