Mr. K and I where headed out to lunch one afternoon when I noticed a beat up old trunk on the side of the road with a "free" sign on it.
Whoa I said. Did you see that? He immediately turned the car around, dropped me off and headed back home for the SUV. Yes. Score.
I can't seem to find the before picture but it was pretty sad. The handles where missing, leather was gone, and the lid and the tray where cracked and stained.
Whoa I said. Did you see that? He immediately turned the car around, dropped me off and headed back home for the SUV. Yes. Score.
I can't seem to find the before picture but it was pretty sad. The handles where missing, leather was gone, and the lid and the tray where cracked and stained.
So I got the Kilz paint and gave the whole thing a primer coat to seal all the stains. Then I gave it a coat of white homemade chalk paint. The metal pieces I painted with a Martha Stewart silver from Home Depot and a few touches aqua on the leather and trim.
The inside of the tray I lined the bottom with papers from my favorite paper pad, DCWV Primrose. The edges I covered with an aqua gimp. The left front of the tray is missing, I used a piece of beautiful lace from Tresor Deluxe to cover the missing section. Then more of their laces in the lid.
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| View of vintage book pages and flowers |
On the inside of the lid and around the inside of the bottom of the trunk I cut cardboard pieces to fit snugly and wallpapered them with pages from a vintage book. Added lace, dyed seam binding bows, flowers, and pearls. I gave all the pages a coat of Mod Podge to protect the pages.
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| Lid Detail |
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