Build a Blanket Chest / Toy Chest – DESIGN PLANS

Here are the professional design plans and material list along with with the complete how-to video series for my popular Blanket Chest / Toy Chest project from 2014.  It’s really nice to see that so many people have built their version of this project over the years and the chest is a great woodworking project that can be customized in a number of ways.

 

Buy The Plans

Part 1:  Making the Blanket Chest Box

 

Part 2:  Making The Top

 

Part 3:   Painting & Finishing The Blanket Chest

 

Part 4:   Q&A on The Blanket Chest & How To Draw A Straight Freehand Pencil Line

 

Here are just a few of your blanket chest and toy chest submissions.
Keep up the great work, and you can send your project photos by clicking the button below.

Submit Your Work

 

I have found your videos very inspirational and the first thing I do when I open the YouTube page is looking for your new posts.  Here is my contribution – blanket chest based on your design… love watching your videos focusing on framing and arts too – Milan

 

Jon finally finished the blanket chest turned out great, thanks for the idea. – Mike V.

 

Jon an old blanket chest I put together some 19 years ago and never put a finish on. This is when my skills were new. Saw the one you built and decided to make a change.