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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Joan, post: 626041, member: 5398&quot;]I&#039;m glad to hear you rescued this chest and are using it. I&#039;ve been around long enough to know that furniture trends change often enough that sometime during your lifetime, your solid walnut chest is likely to be valued more than it is today, so I would recommend refinishing/restoring it at some point. I&#039;m picky about drawers that don&#039;t slide easily, so if yours don&#039;t I&#039;d recommend rubbing a candle along the bottom edges of the drawers and also the wood pieces they slide on.</p><p><br /></p><p>You may even find a key some day if you look through collections of old keys at antique stores/shows, flea markets, junk shops, etc. Here&#039;s a photo of a key I found that works for one of the drawers on my butternut chest (the other locks are missing or broken). A key for your chest will probably be similar. If you find one, try it out first with the drawer pulled open because sometimes a key will turn the locking bar up, but not down, which could leave a drawer unable to be opened if tried when the drawer is closed.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]181891[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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