Lexie's treasure box
January 2015
I made this little treasure box for my daughter Lexie's 3rd birthday.  She uses it to stash her special things, but has also turned it into a seat, step stool, doll table, play stove, and doll bed.  I never could have planned for all that.

The case is cherry, with walnut breadboard ends on the top.  It is constructed like a traditional 6 board chest, with wrought nails.  I finished it in shellac - too many coats to count.  After a week of curing, I polished it with 400-grit sandpaper and buffed in wax with 0000 steel wool.