I made this chest for my bedroom just over one year ago and it has served us really well up to this point. It has lots of storage and doesn't look to bad either. But when I was making it I asked my wife if she wanted something fancy at the bottom so it would match the other furniture we had. Her answer was no, I just want it plain looking.

Now I've always thought it needed something else, hence the question I asked my wife a year ago. Well I finally decided to add that small detail to the bottom after all this time so that's what I'll be doing here, making a base for this chest.

If you'd like to see how this chest was made click here.
 

Woodworking

I'll be using more oak here and some pine trim for this base. Then I'll stain it and finally put some clear on it so it all matches. The first thing I'll need to do is make sure all my material is the same thickness so it's time to get out my thickness planer.
 

I had to buy one piece of oak because I didn't have enough sitting around. However, the piece I bought will be used for the front because it seems to match better.