Walnut Jewelry Chest

sprague lake, estes park, colorado, 09.19.2004

Walnut Jewelry Chest Susie wanted me to build her new jewelry chest. She gave me ideas on what she was looking for and I came up with the design.
I built it out of air-dried walnut and the finish is padded on orange shellac. I rubbed out the shellac with #0000 steel wool and dark brown wax to give a smooth finish.
I got the pulls from Lee Valley.
The drawer sides are butternut which is often called walnut's cousin. The drawers weren't tall enough to add half-pins but I still like the look.
Susie picked up some dark red velvet from Hobby Lobby. I used backer rod for the ring holders. The dividers are made from maple.
The top two drawers have dividers and the bottom drawer has no dividers.