How To Build Wooden Jewelry Boxes Part One
Building a wooden jewelry box can be as easy as 1 2 3. All that it takes is the right knowledge and a couple of steps.
The very first step in building a wooden jewelry box is to decide what you want it to look like. Having a general idea of what you want the finished jewelry box to look like is a fantastic idea. This not only helps you to visualize the final project but it also helps in finding out all of the materials.
An example of this would be if you were building little girl’s jewelry box painted white with purple flowers. The bare minimum materials that you would need would be wood, white and purple paint and a paint brush.
You are not trying to get all of the details worked out here you are just trying to get a general idea. The best way to do this is to do some brainstorming and some visualization, otherwise constructive daydreaming. The whole key to this step is to think of what you want it to look like once it is all done.
After you have a superior design of how you want your jewelry box to look, it is the point in time to make an inventory of all of the resources that you will need. Some of the most essential resources that I use all the time are: wood (I usually use cherry, oak, cedar or mahogany, these types of woods are apt to provide me enhanced looking boxes),screws or nails (my individual liking is to dove tail the boxes but I do make use of finishing nails a lot as well),wood glue, a spray adhesive, a saw ( I try to use a jig saw, band saw and a chop saw), sand paper/ sander(I use a fine grit and rough grit) u can use a hand saw if this is all that you have access to), hammer, two small hinges, measuring tape, utility knife and a pencil or pen.
Once you have picked out the materials for the exterior of your jewelry box it is now time to choose those for the interior. These materials can be made up from anything that you can think of including felt, silk, velvet, leather or anything else. The only thing that I might caution is that they be both easy to work with and long lasting.
This is the end of the first portion on how to build a wooden jewelry box. In the next article we will be talking about how to put all of the materials to their intended uses.
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