Emptying a cedar chest today. Since I'm not able to go to work, I may as well do some of the things I've let go for entirely too long. I will be able to lose myself into this project and hopefully next weekend it's useable and not too apparent that I've had to repair it.

It got thrown down a set of stairs about ten years ago and one side of legs were completely shattered. I got a block of cherry to match but the legs are stained almost black. I'm going to have to carve it down.

I haven't done a lot of this--I've mostly made my own cabinets, bookcases, tables, etc, but my grandfather's tools are still kept in good shape and I'll do my best. I've got the drawings on the block for the initial cuts in the morning.

It's a Lane chest and deserves to have been repaired long ago. I priced it once and at $400 for the repair and no promise to match the leg that remains was too dear to me. They would have only put new legs on it. This was my christmas gift at age 16 and the first piece of furniture I ever had of my own. I need to shampoo the top of it also.

Wish me luck and I promise there will be pictures afterwards!