How to Build Wooden Jewelry Boxes

When it comes to building a wooden jewelry box, it can be as easy as 1, 2, 3 or it can be as difficult as 56 x 99. It all just depends on the how it's done. 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.

For example if you wanted to make a little girl's jewelry box painted pink with green flowers, then the materials that would be required would be wood, pink and green paint, and a paint brush. The key to this step is to just have fun and make sure that you know kind of what you are going for. The best way to do this is to brainstorm daydream. You are not looking to see every detail just the overall picture.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.

How to Make a Jewelry Box From Wood

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.

Also you are going to want to pick out an interior material. This can be anything from felt, silk, velvet, leather or just left as plain wood, it is all just personal preference. With any of the materials that you use make sure that you can easily bend and manipulate the material into the nooks and crannies of the wooden jewelry box. This is the end of the first portion on how to build wooden jewelry boxes. In the next article we will be talking about how to put all of the materials to their intended uses.