So noticing that my head board project is on hold till it gets warm enough to work on it again - I don't have the shop space to finish sanding and staining - I've decided to take a look at this chest that I've owned since I was a little tyke. It's not really serving any purpose other than a landing spot for a lot of tools but it used to house all my clothing, complete with pictures of what was supposed to go in each drawer. It was my mom's idea and it didn't really work that well since I wasn't exactly a laundry person and stuffed everything I could into a single drawer. That's all since changed.
What inspired me was wandering through Anthropologie with a friend yesterday looking for random Christmas gifts when I stumbled upon a rack full of knobs and handles for chests and drawers. And while the prices were a bit extreme - $8 bucks for a tiny handle! - I was thinking back to this chest and it's rather plain looking standard wooden knobs. Interesting...an idea forms. So today I decided that I would tear through this chest and empty it out of all sort of random odds and ends - it kind of became a hobby chest full of my old trains - and see if it were possible to replace the handles with something more stylish.
