Vintage

Putting It All Together
Time to work on the actual box. It's hard to describe how my son cut the 1/2 inch angle molding so that there would be mitred edges on all sides of the box except the back. I used an L-square held to the plexiglass with small clamps and a special plastic cutter to score the plexiglass. After scoring, we broke the plexiglass along the scored edge.

The side pieces of plexiglass was cut to fit inside the ends of the box. So before I cut the plexiglass, I placed the crown molding and the baseboard pieces on the wallpapered wall leaving space for the plexiglass. I also glued the bottom and back pieces of angle molding so that they will help hold the plexiglass in place. I also glued the music box to the back wall so it will be hidden under the table. A hole was drilled for the wind-up key.

I purchased two chairs from a craft store that would look good in the room. I also made two plants to place on either side of the table and using pieces of wood, made presents to sit on the chairs. Enclosing the box in plexiglass was not the easiest thing to do. My son, Jon, helped with that part of the project. We still could not get the box to mitre was is shouod as we choose a difficult compound mitre to cover the edges.

Did my uncle and aunt like their present? One picture is worth a thousand words!

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