Oak Treasure Chest

 This is a small oak treasure chest I made from scrap oak from the "wallboard store" ( Hamilton Lumber). My son and I went to Mardi Gras in New Orleans and came home with just a ton of beads and medallions from all the parades and I needed a place to store them. What better place than a treasure chest and I had never made one of them.
 
 All the oak is cut offs from the firewood box at the "wallboard store". I had to buy a pair of hinges and a lock where the bolt comes down and moves over to catch the top and lock it. I made the brass brackets to hold the handles and cut the handles out of some 1/4" thick leather. I used another piece of thinner leather for the top retainer.
 It was fun and we keep in in the living room for a conversation piece 

It is 10" x 20" x 13" high and finished with  satin Poly