I've been down with the sniffles today.....
Coughing, drippy nose, watering eyes and a headache.....
Went to town to take books back to the library, mail some letters, paid the water bill,
ran by the bank, to the grocery, then the pharmacy before heading home.....
Sure haven't been very productive today........took a nap on the sofa and was awakened by two or three phone calls.......no rest for the weary......lol!
I did manage to get myself up and put on a pot of homemade potato soup for supper.....
Is it feed a cold? I wondered if this was actually sinus and allergy issues instead of a cold.......
O.k........anyhow.......here's a future sunny day project.....
I absolutely love old trunks! I have been interested in them for several years now....
I have owned as many as 15.....at last count......but only have 6 right now......
Before I had a shop I would buy them really cheaply or trade for them.....fix them up...
then trade them off again for something I wanted more......
One of the things I traded a trunk and a few odd and ends for, was my old Hoosier cabinet that is in the shop for a display piece.......
This particular trunk (below) is the last one I bought from a friend's yard sale.....
I've always wanted a dome top or "camel back" style trunk like this....
It is a BIG ol' trunk!!!
I believe you could climb in it and shut the top!!!
My friend had it priced for $35.00.....so I snatched it up quick like!!
It still has the original tray w/ a compartment that I think was meant for storing a hat.....??
It has the old paper still inside.....does anyone know what the pics of the ladies in the lid are?
The outside is in GREAT shape.....that's paint that is flaking off of the very pretty embossed metal.....the wood bands are fine and the only thing I see missing is the leather to the handles.....
That's pretty common to see that gone on old trunks......someone had put heavy duty handles
on the sides, but I believe DH can get them off.....then he'll make some new handles out of
an old leather horse halter to go back where the originals once were.....
I'm wondering what to do to re-finish it???
I'd thought about stripping all the old paint off first then, painting it sort of a flat black or brown and leaving the wood slats natural with just a coat of satin poly on them.......then the decorative
hardware may get a antiqued brass technique.....I don't want anything shiny on it....
I also thought about painting the trunk a tan or cream color then going over it (wipe on and part off) with a dark stain to bring out the beautful detail in the embossed metal.......
So what would you all do?
5 comments:
That is a fine truck, but I have never finished one so I couldn't tell you what to do.
Hope you get to feeling better.
Oh, my taste is the original story it tells. My vote is to leave it as is!!! Dawn
I love it with the chippy paint! What a great find! Lucky you! Hope you feel better soon!
Nicole
I have never tried to re-do a trunk. I love them too and have a couple, but they are exactly as I found them.
I like it how it is, but I also know that trunks are worth more restored. Your plans sound good, but I don't think I would paint it any color. Th wood parts, I would strip and leave wood. THe metal wouls be painted a flat black. It may already be black under that paint?
In any case, it's a real treasure.
I think your first plan sounds good but like Carolyn said - flat black on the metal.
I hope you feel better soon! Have a great weekend and Happy Valentine's Day! Hugs, Linda
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