Sunday, February 17, 2008

Locker

I've been making big gifts for my nephews and niece for their birthdays this year. The last one was Joshie. He turned five on Friday so I made him this box covered in locks. He has been waiting patiently since I gave Caleb his treasure chest in August and he's been "hinting" that this is just what he wanted for his birthday. So it was unveiled and he played with it the entire time he was at my house.

I bought the shelves and the two boards at Michaels then sanded and stained the wood. Then I bought all the metal at Home Depot and had to make doors. That was the hardest part as far as lining everything up but it worked out fine for my first time doing something like this. then I just attached latches with locks wherever they fit best.







I found a key chain organizer with key chains so I attached that on the inside of one of the doors. I labeled all the keys and locks so he could keep them all straight. hopefully they won't get lost...but there's not much I can do about that.

1 comment:

Amy said...

What a creative and fun project! I would be scared to put hinges of any sort on anyTHING, so I'm really impressed! Home Depot scares me. I bet he'll love hiding all his treasures in there with all those locks. Too clever.