I get an Art Deco vibe from it, which might meld nicely with those doors.

EDIT: I really like how they backed up the gold leaf with red, an old leafing technique to warm the gold.

eta: Yeah, unfortunately the letters are gone on most of them.

eta2: The wife put the kibosh on the rounded corners, she says, and I quote- "That's so 80's."

Where in the world did you find them? It weird to see the doors and keys by themselves. I like all your plans...what a neat thing to give as a gift!

.. with a $20 bill in them to encourage saving.

We were at an estate sale locally, and happened to look in a cardboard box up on a shelf in the garage. Dumb luck, I guess.

And very very cool . The only suggestion I would give you is to fallow through with your idea and let it develop as it will. It's all good !

I found a couple more singer sewing machine treadle bases, I'm in the middle of stripping them for another table project (eventually.)

Too bad there can only be a limited supply.

I finally made one of these boxes.. interestingly, the oak end grain soaked up the poly and darkened almost like it was stain.

Ah well, live and learn.

Very interesting deposit box . Are you going to fallow up with the same design or experiment with different configurations ?


Very very cool ,nice work ,unique and of a rare quality.

Oak or maple for the top and bottom, walnut for the sides.

I hope you post pictures. I imagine each one will be unique a work of art with the look and feel of hand craftmanship. It says something.