Classic Cedar Chest
Detailed Photographs
We have several large photos available of the classic chest design, please click on the 'Images' tab at the top of this page to view them.
Classic Cedar Chest Details
Each chest is created from 100% solid eastern red cedar. Natural variations in wood color, pattern and texture ensure that each chest is unique.
The exterior cedar is clear varnished to preserve and protect the wood. The interior cedar is left unvarnished, making the opening of your cedar chest a very pleasurable experience. Cedar adds a sweet, pleasant scent to any room.
Please click here for additional details on how our solid wood chests are created to last.
Red Cedar Characteristics
The grain of red cedar is very fine and even, but it is strongly marbled throughout with dark red knots and reddish-white sapwood. This creates dramatic highlights that run throughout each cedar chest.
Red cedar is cut and harvested as a light red color, but darkens to dark reddish-brown with a bit of time and sunlight. This color change is substantial.
Its species name is Juniperus Virginiana. Its Janka rating (hardness and resistance to scrapes, gouges and cuts) is 900.
Our 100% Quality Guarantee
Each cedar chest is created by hand by Amish master craftsmen and is carefully inspected individually prior to shipping to assure its quality.
To assure this quality, we offer a full money back guarantee and a full one year warranty against defects on our cedar chests.
Please click here for more details on our 100% quality guarantee.
Comments From Our Customers
We encourage you to view the comment cards and emails sent in by our customers. There are well over one hundred posted on our website.
Safety Features
Our cedar chests include twin safety latches, which lock in place to hold open the lid. This allows for easier access to the interior of the chest. (Our small and medium chests require only one latch).
Our chests are crafted without a lock, and are thus created to be child-safe. However, you may also choose to add a lock to your new chest. This optional lock cannot be turned without a key, ensuring that the cedar chest cannot be accidentally locked from the inside.
Shipping and Packaging
Small, medium and large chests ship out in around 10-14 days. Extra large and jumbo chests ship out in around 12-16 days. Please allow 2-5 additional days for delivery by UPS.
9 times out of 10, our cedar chests are completed and delivered within this time frame. However, true craftsmanship cannot be rushed -- sometimes a piece just takes a bit longer. Please let us know if there is an important holiday or event we should be aware of when you place your order, and we will do our best to get it there on time.
Please click here for more details on our shipping procedures.
Cedar Chest Customization
We offer several options to customize your cedar chest.
Cedar Chest Lock: See details above under 'safety features'.
Cedar Chest Trays: Our cedar chest trays are created from solid unfinished red cedar. They ride gently upon a pair of cedar rails built into the interior (click here for a photo), and lift out easily to reveal the interior. Our chest trays are intended to hold smaller, loose items while the main compartment of the chest holds larger items.
Our cedar trays are available in a variety of sizes, and are built to the depth of the chest. The craftsman may modify the size if necessary. For example, two 25" trays cannot fit inside of a 48" long chest because the walls of the chest are 3/4" wide, the overhang is another 1/2" to 3/4", and the exterior is 2" shorter than the trays.
Chest Casters: Casters allow your chest to roll along the ground, which is a useful feature for our larger cedar chests. The casters are installed prior to shipping, but are removed to prevent damage -- you need to 'pop them in' when the chest arrives . Casters can be set to one of two heights, suitable for use on a carpeted floor or a hardwood floor. Please select the appropriate caster height for the room you will be placing the cedar chest in. Click here for a photo of a caster installed on the bottom of a hope chest.
Some options are not offered on a classic cedar chest. If an option is not available, it is not advised for this design and/or wood choice.
Custom Sized Chests
We can also create custom sized chests to nearly any size. Solid cedar chests are limited in size at 50" in length.
The price will be roughly proportional to the amount of materials needed to create the chest.
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