DIY pirate wooden chest

To make a wooden chest with your own hands, you will need:

1. furniture board;
2. saw (jigsaw);
3. two-component glue;
4. putty (for woodwork);
5. paint (preferably acrylic, color - caramel, brown, black, white);
6. powder "gold";
7. a special spatula to simulate a cut of a tree;
8. flour, milk, a little beeswax;
9. a stencil made of paper or plastic with an image suitable for the topic;
10. glue for gold leaf, as well as gold leaf;
11. strong rope;
12. drill, nozzle for a drill "feather";
13. furniture rollers;
14. leather belts;
15. door hinges.

Starting a manufacturing job wooden chest with your own hands, prepare all the necessary materials and arrange them so that they are within easy reach.

• The first stage is cutting out the details of the chest from the furniture board according to the pattern. Where the parts will be connected, we cut out the thorns to connect to the lock.

• At the second stage, we connect the locks with glue.

• We cover it completely with plaster, both inside and outside. Let it dry well.

• Next operation during construction pirate chest with your own hands - painting. Apply caramel paint evenly on top, both inside and outside.

• Now is the time to give the chest a “special” look. To do this, add flour mixed with milk to brown paint, stir thoroughly and use a thick brush (reminiscent of sour cream)

• Apply the paint to the outer surface of the chest with rough strokes. Immediately we take a spatula and run over the applied paint, creating the effect of the emerging texture of the tree.

After that, you can proceed to the final decoration. wooden chest with your own hands.

• White paint is applied to the lid through a stencil.

• Apply gold leaf glue to the inside.

• We glue the chest with gold leaf from the inside.

• Cover the outside with wax, to which gold powder has been added.

• All that remains is to sand the surface with a cloth swab and glaze it with black paint.

• Final stage - assembly pirate chest with your own hands... We attach rollers to the lower part, “put” the lid on the door hinges.

• We drill two holes in the lid. We pass a rope through them and tie with sea knots. And, finally, we grab the chest with leather straps on both sides of the drawing.

Pirate chest in the interior of the children's room.