My Lane hope chest is SO heavy. It had a tapestry fabric top the kind you can sit on. But over the years I had to recover the top fabric. Mine still smells like Cedar. You are not suppose to put metal, or paper in them only fabric. At least that's what I was told when I got mine about 40 yrs. ago. During my senior year in high school the furniture store that sold them gave out small all wooden "hope chest" to any girl that went into the store to look at them. I kept mine for years then gave it to one of my daughters.
Last edited by nygal; 02-21-2014 at 03:10 PM.