I just love a good rescue story,
I recently found this old trunk sitting outside of a thrift store. It was raining that day so it was soaked, it was really dirty, and there was a bunch of bugs inside it. The wet sticker on the top said 5 bucks. What a deal! My Dad always says the bugs are free so I paid the 5 bucks and took it home.
I'm sure if I didn't find it when I did they would have thrown it out by the end if the day. It looked so unappealing sitting there in the rain.
It's actually really old,
I did a little research and found out it's a toolbox that was used by telephone repairmen between the 1940s-1950s.
The inside smelled like grease and old tools even after I scrubbed it with hot soapy water.
Size,
It's approximately 27in long, 7in wide, and 10in deep.
A little TLC is all it needed!
With a little paint and some old book pages I transformed this old trunk into extra storage for my craft room. I also built that tray for it. It looks so awesome now and the smell is completely gone!
I did film parts of the restoration,
I tried my best to film during or after each step and I did film a full tutorial on applying the book pages.
I hope you enjoy the video!
In this video I used:
Craft acrylic paint (black, hunter green, metallic gold)
dark antiquing wax
matte sealer
tacky glue
regular white glue
pages from an old book
foam board
masking tape
Wow that looks really great! Love the tray!
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