The sea chest is from a Realife Miniatures Country Living Room kit. I made the daybed from this kit for The Artist’s Studio. These kits have die cut wood compared to other kits such as The House of Miniatures and modern kits with their individual pieces, but they work well for rustic scenes right out of the box. For a finer finish, you’d have to spend a bit more time and effort.
This is a pretty straightforward box. :D
There is hardware included to hinge the top, but considering the use I have planned for it I opted to make a removable top. I added a piece of basswood cut to the size of the box opening and glued it to the underside of the lid. This will lock it in place but make for easy removal.
I spackled the rough joins to prep for painting.
I went with Plantation Pine by Americana with some aging. More aging will be added later, along with some hardware and maybe some logo and sticker detailing.
My trunk won’t hold old munitions (yikes) or mouse-riddled old clothing (bleh). Instead, it will disguise the Triple Receptacle Extension Cord with Plug from HBS. This way, I can lead all the wires from the lights to the sea chest, and one wire will exit the building to the power strip. You can see my floral wire lead behind the chest. I’ll drill holes in the chest as needed when I wire the lights.
Having the receptacle inside the trunk will make it easier to deal with mishaps since I am using vintage lighting for some of the electrical work. When the lid is in place, it looks like any another random garage item. :]
