Building Wooden Jewelry Boxes Part One

07.02.2010 | Author: Jim Sharom | Posted in Fashion

When it comes to building a wooden jewelry box, it can be very easy to make. All that it takes is a little bit of time and a little know how.

Deciding how you want the wooden jewelry box to look is the first step. A general idea is all that you will need for right now. All that you have to do is get general ideas of you want the jewelry box to look. This does not have to include any details at this exact moment.

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.

After picking out your materials for the exterior of your wooden jewelry box it is a good idea to pick out the interior materials. These materials can be made from felt, silk, velvet, leather or anything else that you can think of. The only word of caution that I might exhibit would be to make sure that the material that you choose is both pliable and durable.

This concludes the first portion of how to build a wooden jewelry box. In the next article we will be discussing how to cut the materials and put them all together.

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