OK, I meant board.

My son has way too much toys and we cannot find a nice functional toy chest so why not just build one. It will measure about 36 inch Long x 18 High x 18 Wide. The wife and kid are out of town, so I have some time to work on it.

This is what I started with:



I am making 2 drawers that will go on the bottom of the chest. The internal measurement is 12.5 inch Wide x 14.5 Deep x 5.5 High. It made out of simple pine. The bottom is a fiber board.





This is what I have done so far on the body of the box. I got the 2 sides, bottom and back done on the first evening.





I have the front face cut out, but I still need to sand the cuts down a bit to clean it up. The pic above shows how the drawers will fit. I have 2 panels cut to make a face for the drawers that will be larger than the opening so everything should look flush.

Here is a side view. I decided to recess the side panels in about 1/16 - 1/8 of an inch. Very minor, but I like that the sides will not be flush.





When the front face goes on it should leave a 1/2 inch bottom lip. Same for the top. I didn't want to just make a "box."

Tomorrow the plan of attack is to:

• Get the hinges and lid attached. I have a piano hing for the back. I also bought 3 spring loaded hinges for left, right and center. I am going to hang the left and right and see if that works.
• Finish the front face.
• Hang the drawer tracks. These may be a bit tricky. I'm pretty good with my cuts, but those will let me know how good I was.
• Hang the front face.
• Finish the "floor" that will separate the drawers from the rest of the chest.
• Attach the front face of the drawers. Drill holes for drawer pulls.
• Sand and paint.

Some of it may end up getting pushed off til Thursday since I need to be at the bar by 9:00 tomorrow. I have until Friday to complete it.

 

 

Nice! What color are you thinking of painting it?

 

What are you doing for drawer guides?

 

White. It will match the shelves we have in the living room.

 

I have some under mount drawer slides.

 

Got it mostly done today.

Hung the lid. I have 2 spring loaded and a piano hinge. It shuts and open really well. Should not cause any injuries.







After I got the lid marked out with holes for the screws I took it off and put it to the side for painting. No need to get paint on the hinges.

The next part was to tackle the front face. I finished sanding it and mounted it with no issues. I may have to plane or sand the edge of the lid to make it all line up better, but not a lot.

After the front was on, it was time for the drawers. The drawer slides worked well. It was a pain in the ass positioning it. I measured really well. I had about 1/32 inch per side to play with.









Tomorrow I will finish the support for the floor, sand and paint it. Maybe another 3 hours. I will say that it is pretty heavy.

Now I have more important decisions to make....

 

Pass the lime...



REALLY nice work

 

Id christen it with the Corona, drink the Amstel

 

Nice work there!

 

Great job! What color are you painting/staining it?

 

 

Painting the outside white. I'm not sure if I am painting the inside.

 

Thanks. I went with the Amstels and some wings.

Thanks.

 

Looks good Ravi!

 

Thanks.

 

Nice work Ravi, when you're done with that, want to build me an aquarium stand?

 

Next job.. paint the garage walls...

 

I rent.

 

Two things....

1. What's it worth to you?

2. It's a lot cheaper to buy one. I probably could have gotten a toy chest a lot cheaper than building it. But I can say that I made this for my son from scratch.

 

Next job.. buy a house

 

Yep.

 

Looking good. Can't wait to see the finished product. I think the most complicated thing I can build is shelves. Not that hard to cut a board to a certain length and paint it! LOL... I actually have built other things... but never a toy chest.

Anyway, nice job

 

Day 3 looks like I didn't really do anything, but it was a lot of the pain in the ass stuff.

Completed the inside floor that will separate the drawers from the rest of the chest. I still have to nail it in (if I decide to so that) and I still have to brace the front corners. I tried to maximize the amount of inside space and I need to place a brace over the drawers. Lets just say my math was off by 1/4 inch.



I also finished out the drawers faces. The faces were a tad bit over sized so I trimmed the sides a bit.



The only thing left to do is sand, paint and re-attach the lid. Sanding should not take more than 30 minutes. The boards are pretty smooth. The benefit to not making this out of ply wood.

I would have probably gotten the sanding and maybe the first coat of paint done, but I had to change the oil in the Infiniti.

My neighbors think I am crazy. They walked by and saw me with a drill in one hand, a circular saw next to me and a 5 quart jug of motor oil behind me with my car on a ramp.

Then I proceeded to grill a steak at 10:30 at night.

 

Thanks.

 

All sanded. Painting today. Waiting for the primer coat to dry.

 

Sanding and painting was a pain in the ass. It was easy to prime it, but since it was hot painting was tough. I had to wait until late evening and early morning.

All total I put 2 coats of primer and 3 coats of white paint.

Here are the before and after shots.

Before:





After:







We still have to make a cushion for the top. Wife gets to pick the fabric so I's sure there will be flowers or something like that on it. My plan for the cushion is to have it formed on top of a board that has bolts attached to it. The bolts will attach to the top using wing nuts so I will be able to easily remove it.

It was a fun project. Took a lot longer than expected, but I really enjoyed it. On the off chance anyone wants to make one of this I have a word document outlining the dimensions of all the boards.

 

Nice work, looks great!

 

Good job!

 

Thanks.

I need to get some of the toys weeded out. Elliott has out grown some of it. I also have to clean out the shelves that house the rest of his toys.

 

Looks good, but should have painted or staind the inside.

 

Man that really is nice work. It feels great building something that you can use.

 

I thought about it, but decided against it for now. We may end up painting it to match the color of the cushion.

 

My son was really excited about it. That was the best part.

 

Or just hit it with a quick clear coat and be done with it.

I think it looks great. Ties into the room nice and gets some of the toys hidden. Mission accomplished!

 

Thanks.

 

Wow, looks really nice and fits in well. Good work!

 

Thanks.

 

Nice work Ravi. I was waiting to see what you were doing with the drawers. looks great.

 

Both drawers are filled with train tracks. And he still has more up in his bedroom. Thank God for hand-me-downs.