This is a boarded chest with some design help from Anarchist's Design Book; it's now used to store blankets in my living room. Is made of poplar as that was the light, cheap wood that I could find in 17" widths near me. The hinges are the Lee Valley unequal strap hinge "B" with pyramid head black iron screws fro Horton Brasses. It uses a combination of 6d and 8d plank nails from Rivierre (bought from Dictum.com), 6d clout nails, and 4d and 6d fine finish nails from Tremont (bougt from Lee Valley).

it is finished with a coat of Barn Red milk paint followed by two coats of a blue acrylic paint that used to be the color of a friend's kitchen.

Few electrons were harmed in creation of this chest. My eggbeater drill was acting up so I switched to an electric drill; otherwise all hand tools.

i don't normally do long build posts, but I rarely see nailed projects here, so I wanted to well showcase how nice nails can be. There was also some details missing from ADB that I had to figure out; I thought I'd share.