Repurposed Vintage Suitcase

My best friend got me this cool old suitcase for Xmas because he knows I love to do DIY projects. So I decided to turn it into an end table. The supplies for the project cost me about $30 which wasn’t to bad. I started off by staining the legs for the table with a light black stain. Then I took a piece of cardboard and made a stencil of the inside base of the suitcase so I could cut out a wood base so the legs had something I could anchor them too (I also stained this cut out base black). Then I drilled holes in the base of the suitcase so could anchor the legs to the board inside the suitcase. Once that was done I screwed on the legs and the project was done :) Only took about two days to complete mainly because I had to wait for the stain to dry the first day. And not only does it serve as a small table but could also be used to store things in.

Fixer Upper DIY Project

The trunk also had this sort of tray thing in it and I made that into a shelf for my room.  I started by framing it off with 2x4’s to sturdy the tray. Then I cut pieces of crown molding to place around the edges of the tray to cover up the 2x4’s.  I then spray painted it black and screwed picture framing hooks into the back in order to hang it up. This was a fairly easy project to do the tricky part is making sure you cut the molding exactly right.

Fixer Upper DIY Project

I spent my spring break this past year fixing up this old trunk for my dorm room.  It was a really fun project and it was pretty easy to do.  I started by sanding it down and cleaning off any dirt on it.  Then I reinforced the trunk lid with some metal brackets and spray painted the entire trunk black.  I then lightly sanded the edges and surfaces to give it a distressed look and added handles to the side for show since it didn’t have any.  I then attached black chains from the lid of the trunk to the base of the trunk so the lid would not swing back to far. I then sprayed everything with a clear semi glossy sealer to finish it.  I later went back an lined the inside of the trunks with memorabilia items such as pictures, postcards, ticket stubs from concerts,maps, ect. to give it a bit of flare.