Hello SMCreekers!
I built this hope chest for a friend last year. It is constructed out of honey locust with walnut inlays and has a cedar lining. The approximate dimensions are 20 inches tall, 24 inches deep, and 32 inches long. I'd estimate that it weighs in around 100 lbs.
This project had three lessons tied in with it:
#1: What ever amount of time you think a project will require, multiply it by at least 2, but a factor of 16 can be reasonable too.
#2: Honey locust will dull your tools like bloodwood. This project will improve your sharpening skills.
#3: Don't attempt to make 80 foating mortises again without a horizontal slot mortiser.