Blanket Chest Woodworking Plan

Build this chest with your preferences for style and complexity in mind. The Traditional American look in mahogany, right, requires dovetailed corner joints cut by hand or with a router jig. To simplify matters, try the Casual Contemporary version in contrasting woods such as ash and walnut, with rabbeted corners joined by plugged screws

Overall dimensions are 45" wide by 19" deep by 20" high.

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WOOD Issue 194, November 2009