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Jake, I have a chest, 4′ x 2′ x 2′ in size, and the lid is supported by a stick with a cross section of 1″ x 3/8″, which is mounted at the top of the right side wall. This takes up very little space and it works really well. If the wall is wide enough, you could even create a recess to mount the stick in.
I think, the important difference between chain and stick is, that a chain prevents the lid from falling backwards, when opened more than 90°, while a stick keeps it up, when opened 60°.
Dieter
PS: It is funny, I could not find any picture online to show the stick method. In the end, I looked for pictures of “wooden pirate chest” and found, that most chests have half opened lids with no support whatsoever…