This little vintage trunk was one of my very first big girl purchases. I was moving into a new home all by myself, and the neighbors across the street were having a yard sale. I spotted the trunk and they let me have it for a song. It’s been in storage while I’ve been in NYC, but now that we’re back in Cali, it was time for another appearance. Check out this busted guy:
Mr. Lovely took a special interest in this little fixer upper project and started masking off sections. The trunk is part wood, part metal, and part fabric, so there were quite a few portions to deal with. He used our favorite Zinsser primer to coat the fabric, and then hit it with some bright white paint.
We decided to leave the wood natural but try to spruce up the metal a bit. Everything but the hardware got masked with painter’s tape, and he used a spray primer from Krylon to prime the metal. Then he covered it all with a coat of Krylon gold spray paint.
After all the masking came off, I hardly recognized my little old trunk. We got some glass cut for the top, and she’s all set. Three cheers for Mr. Lovely on this one! And BAM we’ve got a new coffee table. xoxo
Looks awesome! Gotta love the gold! We have a trunk as our coffee table too, though it’s not nearly as schnazy!
Awesome! What’s the story with yours?
We bought it at Melrose Trading Post, one of our first purchases when we moved! It’s black with (well-worn) brass trim and I love that it acts as a table and storage. We can use all the storage we can get!
I like it I like it.
You can come use it any time.
Pretty tidy paint job!
Great job! The finished trunk looks like a really expensive piece!
Thanks Will! It’s amazing what a can of spray paint can do, huh?
Love this! Now I’m wishing I didn’t paint my boring old brown. May be time for a redo!
That’s the awesome thing about DIYs — you can always change them up! (I actually have a re-do DIY that I’m planning for the blog soon.)
That trunk is just fabulous. I love it before and I love how you added the gold!
Thanks Kristal! We’re pretty stoked on how it turned out.
This is really beautiful! I always see these beaten up old trunks and have know idea how’s I’d go about making them usable and worth getting. This post has definitely inspired me to try brightening up a trunk and making it into something new – thank you x
Awesome, Jodie! I’d love to see your project if you end up finding one!
Looks amazing! Kudos to Mr. Lovely! I love that as a coffee table.
Very cute…I dream of owning a LV trunk one day.
Oh, wow! It looks completely refreshed! What a way to make something old new again!