Making A Cedar Hope Chest

Make the sides of your chest.
Making a cedar hope chest. Cedar lined hope chest made from pine barn boards. Build a cedar hope chest kit. Choose a hope chest kit in the classic or shaker style for a lasting storage trunk for yourself or as a special gift. Make sure to bury the screws slightly into the wood.
This is actually part two of this vintage lane cedar chest makeover. Unfinished damaged lane cedar chest. You can find the furniture repair tutorial here for this lane chest here. This hope chest required quite a bit of repair work before the painted furniture makeover could even begin.
Lay your three 1 by 6 pieces side by side. The easiest and quickest way to build your chest is. This hope chest will be auction off to help raise money for my sisters church. Drill pocket holes along the sides of the small panels align the edges flush and insert 1 1 4 screws to lock everything together tightly.
Add glue to the joints. Please subscribe so you never miss a new video. The first step of the project is to build the frame for the chest. The size of this chest was determined by the width of nine 18 cedar planks positioned side by side measuring a total of 31 1 2.
Assemble the box as shown in the picture using 1 1 2 wood screws. How to build a hope chest. Add rails for shelf. Cut the panels from 3 4 panels making sure you smooth the edges with sandpaper.
Building the cedar chest. Only cost me 60. The dimensions on these cedar chest plans assume that you are working with cedar planks that are 3 1 2 x 3 4. Glue two of the 16 inch 1 by 8s together to make each end.
Take extra pride in a traditional heirloom. Build a hope cedar chest with your own hands and a little help from us. How to make a cedar chest step 1.