Hope Chest Re-do

Hope Chest DIY

Found this beauty for $30 on KSL. It's a vintage Lane hope chest from the 50's. This thing is HUGE and perfect for our lack of storage. I finished it off and it currently holds all of our extra blankets, and acts as dual purpose as a bench for extra seating in our front room.

I used a cool technique to transfer letters on to the chest without having to use an overhead projector. You print off the word on regular paper and flip it over. Rub chalk all over the back of the paper, making sure to cover all the letters. Tape that on to your furniture and trace with a ball point pen. When you take the paper off, it has a perfect outline of the word. I used a paint marker to go over the word and to fill in. 

The chalk easily wipes off. I then sanded the piece (including over the word) to make it look more aged, then sealed.

Finished!