Alder Blanket Chest

Beautiful, Nice color contrast and love that sliding drawer….....

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I love the natural finish and color contrast of the woods. Beautiful work.

-- Stormy: Sometimes the wood just tells you what it wants to be.

Did you “free hand” this, or use a set of plans? If plans, would you share where you got them? I love the clean, smooth design.

It’s beautiful. I think I need to look at knotty alder more! How did you distress the rails and stiles?

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Beautiful chest.

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Thanks everyone.
Milo- Sorry no plans on this one. Alder is a nice wood to work with. A little soft but a lot of character. As for the distressing I used one coat of stain and one coat of polyurethane then used whatever I had laying around to, for lack of better terms, abused it. Chains, punches, pliers, and such. I then covered it with a chocolate brown glaze and whipped it off, leaving it in the dented areas, finishing it with 3 more coats of Polyurethane. s

-- Measure once, cut twice - you think I would learn!