For Christmas gifts this year, I built several different jewelry boxes from the Easy Jewelry Box plan. The center one is a variation of the plan, made taller and narrower (that one was for Mom). The drawers are all lined with embossed felt and the 2-drawer boxes have adjustable drawer dividers. These all have sticky-back felt on box and drawer bottoms. The tower style box has added trim. Each one was an afternoon build. These were super fun to build and were a huge hit with Mom and my friends!
Built from Plan(s)
Estimated Cost
$30 each
Estimated Time Investment
Afternoon Project (3-6 Hours)
Finish Used
Paints: Black: ace royal semi-gloss, Brown: Benjamin Moore Aura in Spanish Brown, Blue: Benjamin Moore samples (2 blue mixed together), Yellow: Ace samples (yellow mixed with cream), Tower: Benjamin Moore Sea Urchin and Minwax Express Color in Walnut. Top coat on all boxes: 1 coat Minwax water-based wipe-on poly.
Recommended Skill Level
Beginner
Comments
reginahughs
Wed, 02/20/2013 - 05:59
Neat Idea for gifts
Wow, they are look great, my favorite is the tallest.
JoanneS
Wed, 02/27/2013 - 12:58
Thank you!
Thanks so much for the nice comment! :) I had a blast building these, and thinking up the finishing combinations I thought they would enjoy. I'm always partial to the ones I build for Mom. :)