... First I made a long rectangle for the vertical shaft in a new layer over a blank background. Then I filled it with a gradient tool (I set the colors myself). Then I used another layer and made a square. I used "free distort" to give the square perspective. I placed the square above the shaft and in a layer behind it. I then created a new layer and made the arms with a line tool. I then copied the arms and pasted a new one in a new lawyer. I turned the bright down on this one and placed in right behind the first arm. This gives the appearance of a shadow. I then flattened the layers. In a new layer I made the hinge the same way, except that I removed some of one layer to make it look like it was behind the arms. I used burn and dodge on all of these pieces. At some point along here I filled in the background with a huge paint brush. Now for the baskets. I made ovals in separate layers with the circle tool. I used burn and dodge to get the shine. I then created the chain. I used the line tool to make striped of color for the highlight on the long link. I then copied and pasted my links into lines and I used the circle tool with a dark circle and a light circle over it to make the rings. I then copied the whole basket, shrunk it and put it in a layer behind everything. Finally, I made the wooded block base. I used the square tool and then free distort. I duplicated it and made one darker than the first. I then filled in the gaps between the corners with the square tool. I copied this and put it in another layer behind the first block. Then I used the circle tool to make the ring around the base. Burn and dodge all lawyers to create the lighting effects, desaturate, blurr and touch ups. Finally, I repainted the background...