This is a chest that I made for our house. Currently it holds blankets that probably smell like stain...I just couldn't wait for the smell to fade before I put them in. Oh well, I'm sure it will go away eventually. Mainly I used scrap pieces of pine my dad got off a job this spring, and the stained portion is just plywood. Alltogether I probably spent more money on the hinges than I did on the entire box!