Vintage Ammunition Box Turned Furniture Find

When I recently scored this vintage ammunition box 

I immediately knew what I wanted to do with it:

 

Add legs and make a table.

I mean, how tough could that be?  I also thought

that casters would be cool so that it could be

 moved around the house more easily.

I mean, this thing is huge.

 

 

Mr. CBD found it on a Saturday afternoon shopping venture

 and he texted me this picture of it to see if I wanted

him to bring it home.

 

Heck yeah!

 

Initially I saw it as a coffee table, but now

I'm leaning toward more of a sofa table

that can be used either as a sofa table

or maybe a foyer table underneath our stairs.

 

 

Only problem is, I'm a real novice when it comes to:

 

1. Furniture making in general

 

2. Staining wood

 

3. Sealing anything

 

 

Initially I had it in our family room while I was considering

what to do with it. But the very first night my husband

seemed to have some kind of allergic reaction to it.

The only thing we could figure was that the box

is still coated and/or filled with whatever ammo

boxes are coated and/or filled with.

 

Ammo dust?

 

Powder?

 

It definitely needs a good hosing down.

 

But either way, it also smells pretty musty.

 

 

So I ask you:

 

1. What do YOU think I should make out of it?

 

2. What's the best stain to use on something like this?

 

3. What kind of sealant would you recommend,

 

and do you think it would help get rid of the smell? 

 

4. What should I use to make the legs?

 

I can't wait to hear what you have to say about it!

 

On another note, what do you have planned

for this weekend? We'll be going to an annual 

family-friendly Halloween party.

Last year Mr. CBD made some ghoulishly

good food for it. The jury's still out on what

he'll be making for this year's party but there

have already been requests that he recreate

his masterpiece from last year!

 

Right now I'm working on the kids' costumes.

Hopefully I can share a bit of that with you later.

 

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