Emmy's Tack Trunk

As I mentioned in my last post my daughter, Emmy, moved her horse to a new stable and wanted a new smaller tack trunk.
I made it for her out of 3/4" oak plywood and solid red oak trim.
We both love how it turned out ~ here are some pictures:

I finished the outside of the chest and grooming tote with Minwax oil based Early American Stain and left the other areas natural.

I then finished everything with 3 coats of Minwax Spar Urathane.

Emmy bought the handles, latch and name plate through an online tack store and everything else was purchased at Lowes!

Here are two pictures of Emmy's horse Sadie and the tack trunk in their new home :)

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Trunks!

I have been busy in the garage for the past few weeks working on some small projects for friends and making trunks!

Emmy wanted me to build her a new tack trunk.  She is moving her horse to a new stable and wanted a small trunk that will fit the space better.  I did lots of research on-line and Emmy gave me measurements and pictures but I wanted to build a practice trunk.  It came out great but was bigger than Emmy wanted.  I made it out of 1/2" oak plywood and trimmed it in pine.  I learned a lot from this build so I built a trunk for Emmy out of 3/4" oak plywood and trimmed it in oak. 

Here is my practice trunk:

It measures 35.5" wide x 25.75" deep x 24.75" tall on the outside and

33" wide x 23" deep x 20" tall on the inside.

I finished it with a mixture of stains so it is blue, gray with a hint of brown!

I just listed this trunk on Craig's List for $200 so if you are in the Cincinnati area and

need a nice big trunk let me know!

Here is a sneak peek of Emmy's Trunk:

I also made a tote for her grooming supplies:

Here is my new "toy" that was a big help in making the trunks - a table saw!

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