This project is a 4-drawer variation of the Easy Jewelry Box, made with select 1x6 for the top & bottom, craft boards for the box and drawer sides, with craft board overlay drawer faces. No plywood is visible on the outside on this build.
This version has a smaller footprint and is much lighter than the original plan, built using the thinner craft boards, and the drawers slide on S4S instead of full shelves. The drawers are 1/8" shorter than the box depth to ensure they don't touch the box back, so the overlay fronts lay flat to the box. The overhangs are ¾” wide mini colonial moulding, and the feet are squares of 1 1/8” lattice scrap. The design includes a toe-kick and top-kick which allows room for both overlay drawer faces and top/bottom overhang.
I spent a couple of hours redesigning the plan to get this as light as possible, while making the most of the usable space within the footprint, and leaving no plywood edges visible on the outside. The build itself took about 6 hours, including the build, sanding, finishing, and decorating.
Estimated Cost
Using select pine 1x and craft boards for the box, poplar craft boards for the drawers, and aspen craft boards for the drawer faces, this build cost about $60 for lumber, moulding, knobs, and decorations. Finishing materials were already on hand.
Estimated Time Investment
Day Project (6-9 Hours)
Finish Used
The finish is 2 coats of Clark & Kensington semi-gloss paint + primer in Crushed Peanut. The drawers are lined in embossed felt, and the fancy knobs are ceramic with brass.
Recommended Skill Level
Beginner
Comments
Pursuit of Handyness
Sat, 06/29/2013 - 05:54
Just beautiful
What area of the country do you live in? That Mahogany is just beautiful. Does it come in dimensional lumber sizes? You guys did an excellent job.
rdk529
Sat, 06/29/2013 - 08:13
Lumber used
Thank you, we live in the Chicagoland area. We purchased the wood from Owl Lumber. Owl Lumber has an excellent selection of hardwood. The wood comes in a variety of dimensional lumber sizes. The table top we made has several different widths, 1x5, 1x6 and 1x7.
rdk529
Sat, 06/29/2013 - 08:20
Lumber source
Thank you, we live in the Chicagoland area. We purchased the wood from Owl Lumber. Owl Lumber has a variety of hardwoods in dimensional sizes.
CoreyOrvold
Wed, 07/10/2013 - 14:22
Bolts for table top
Hello,
We love the look of your table. Can you let us know the size of the bolts you used for the table top? Also where you found them would be super! Thanks!
In reply to Bolts for table top by CoreyOrvold
rdk529
Thu, 07/25/2013 - 14:25
Bolts
I used 1/4" bolts that were 6" long. I purchased the bolts at Fastenal.