Thread: Pallet wood Treasure chest and Jewelry box.

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I am working on building a large Treasure chest and a smaller "Jewelry Box" for my Pirate ship haunt. Here are a few photos of my work so far....

This Treasure chest will replace the Styrofoam one that I had used in the past as it kept falling apart. I will be adding a shallow shelf in the upper section of the chest to hold all of the "Treasure", which will consist of a pile of beads, coins and sparkling Xmas lights....I am working on the lid now and need to add the lock, hinges and rope handles to finish it off:





The smaller jewelry box will go into my wrecked row boat scene. It will also hold a collection of coins in a shallow tray. I need to add the lock, hinges and rope handles to it as well:





Here is a shot of both of them together:

Great work, love the burning job, and hopefully the pallets were free too.

Those are really nice Mic !

Abso-floggin-lutely Awesome!

How did you get the "burned look"?

Awesome job! Can't wait to see the completed chest! Both of them look fantastic right now! Argggh!

awesome!!

Great Job!!! I love the way they look

They look authentic. Can't wait to see them full of loot.

Thanks all for the kind words!

I have been getting the wood for my projects from free pallets that I am finding on Craig's List. Once I get them home, I take them apart using a Sawzall. It's a little labor intensive, but I end up with a pile of free wood that has a nice weathered look to it.

To enhance the weathered look, I "Antique" the wood with a propane torch. I use the torch on the wood with a side to side "Spray can" motion that literally "Paints" the wood with flame. I think the resulting effect turns out quite nicely....!