Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Vintage Suitcase Ends Travel

A few years ago, my husband I went to an estate auction.  There were a lot of antique and collectable items.  I was immediately drawn to this vintage suitcase. 

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At the time, I wasn’t exactly sure what I would do with it but it found its way into my home.   After cleaning it up a bit, I put it in one of the bedrooms where it stayed until just recently. 

A few months ago, I repainted our family room and decided that I wanted a change in one corner. We also needed some additional seating that could be moved from time to time.  With that in  mind, I started digging through our shed that is jammed packed with yard sale/auction treasures.  048

I found this chair which has a twin and I got the pair at a yard sale for $5.00.

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This mantel was an auction item for $1.00.  It had a mirror that unfortunately had a mishap…..it got broken. 

With a little sanding, priming, painting and staining our little corner becomes a yard sale/auction redesign style.

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This well-traveled suitcase is now a suitable foot-rest in my family room.  

Hope you enjoyed.

Gail

P.S. That little tray on my new foot-rest has pictures inserted under glass of my grandsons. 

26 comments:

  1. Love it! What a great idea for the suitcase and the old mantle. Now I will have to keep a look out for those!

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  2. Wow, wowee! That is so creative! I do have a question re the suitcase turned footstool: how did you attach the feet? With screws or liquid nails or ...? HOw is the cushion attached? Thanks for sharing!

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  3. You just continue to amaze me!! I love all three projects.
    Rhonda

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  4. Love the suitcase. Would love a tutorial on how you turned it into a footstool! Your finds amaze me every time!
    Blessings,
    Traci

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  5. Gail...great post once again. I'm still in awe over the great prices you get on these fabulous items...but then you take it a step further and create very beautiful, practical items out of your thrifty finds. That corner of your family room is perfect! I would love a tutorial too on exactly how you put your footstool together (I have several vintage suitcases and this might be a project I could tackle). Thanks,
    Jane

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  6. I second the motion, please give us a tutorial of the suitcase footstool. It's beautiful!!!

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  7. The suitcase footstool is adorable - I hope you show us how you did it! Love it!

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  8. It is beautiful! I am loving it! I cannot wait to see it in person, and also you dining room. Billy said it looked GREAT! OBTW I LOVE MY ARMOIRE!!! It is beautiful!

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  9. I love those chairs and what a deal! Great job on your corner! ~Ashley

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  10. Oh my WORD!! What an awesome idea for the suitcase and the shelf is so awesome!! That looks so incredible!! I'm so glad I got to take a look at this first thing in the morning!! It's getting me motivated!! I LOVE THIS ROOM!! Thanks for the link!! Come and play again sometime!!
    ~Andy @ P@P

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  11. wow these items turned out awesome!! beautiful living room. stop by my Goodwill party every Wednesday!

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  12. I love it! Great idea! :) I used a trunk for a coffee table - your suitcase looks perfect with your chairs!

    Roeshel

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  13. LOVE the corner! It makes me want to come and stay a while. Very homey and inviting and fresh at the same time. I am on the search for mantle as well...

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  14. WOW! Great TRASH to TREASURE corner!!!

    Very upscale!

    Tina

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  15. Holy Canoli! Great job! I would've never thought to put wheels on that trunk, that looks SO great!! The whole corner looks awesome now, seriously, nice job!

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  16. Recently found your blog and love it! Would like to know more about you and to that end have tagged you in a post on my blog. Hope you'll play along!

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  17. Your room looks beautiful. I love that mantle! I'm going to a huge flea market this weekend, hoping to find something just like that.

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  18. I passed on an award to you! =D

    http://coley02.blogspot.com/2009/09/my-very-1st-blog-award.html

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  19. Great job! I love old suitcases too. But your armoire for the t.v. below in your post is amazing! What a treasure! Have a great day!
    Blessings,

    Debbie

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  20. Love it! Those chairs are great!

    SMiles!
    Michelle

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  21. That little corner looks great! I love the suitcase as a footstool--very creative and original!

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  22. It all looks great! Good job, and creative thinking!
    Alyshia

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