Suitcase vanity & towel holder. When I visit a friend’s home, it’s the little details filling the house that stand out and make me feel welcome.
In my own home, I want to find ways to make my guests feel special. Baking cookies or having a favorite drink on hand is easy. What is not so easy is the tiny size of our guest bathroom. The small space makes it difficult to have extra little items on hand for guests. DIY Idea: Vintage Suitcase Medicine Cabinet. Shopruche. Materials: - Suitcase - Foam- Scissors - Fabric Directions:1.
Choose an empty suitcase that’s large enough for your pet to fit comfortably in. 2. Measure and cut out a piece of foam to fit inside of the suitcase. You can add multiple layers of foam for more cushion. Pack Up Your Troubles... Pages This Blog Linked From Here Saturday, May 5, 2012 Pack Up Your Troubles... ...in an old suitcase (?)
45K+ I slapped some paint on an old cardboard suitcase, taped off a rectangle and added some chalkboard paint. A fun piece to use on the front porch to greet guests and useful too--you can store other porch decor in the suitcase, potting soil, dirty dishes...The girl who bought this is going to use it for her wedding reception as a decoration. Find more ideas at Funky Junk Interiors! Posted by Becky@Beyond The Picket Fence at 6:00 AM.
Make Your Own Floral Suitcase! Plain vintage suitcases are pretty great but cover them in your favorite coordinating fabrics and your house just got cuter!
Not only do they look cute in your home, they're great photo props. Decorate a nursery, stack them high in your living room, stand them up behind other items on a shelf, etc. It's an easy way to add color to your space without investing a lot of money. Keep an eye out for hard cases with stitched seams (for tucking fabric in) and think about using a variety of sizes for great impact. You no longer have to pass up the perfect case shape because of a nick in the vinyl! First, gather your supplies. . , a paint brush, a pen, scissors, a rotary cutter (or a butter knife). Carefully spread a thin layer of Mod-Podge over one third of your case starting at one side. Your fabric should hang over your edge about 1/4" or more.
Guest Room. Share this image Share It Pin It Our guest room has remained practically unfurnished since we moved in.
The problem is that it's essentially two rooms in one - there's an awkward little add-on that used to hold the bed, which left the rest of the room feeling disproportionately empty. Yesterday I decided to move things around a bit and brought in the vintage settee and gold pouf from my office and propped the lamps (that had previously been in the living room) up on the glass console under the window. Share this image. How to Make a Suitcase Table. As a crafter with a collection of supplies, tools, and general knickknacks, I am a person in need of some storage space.
I'm not a huge fan of plastic bins and labeled boxes because they just seem so classroomy to me-- I like my storage to double as decor. So what better way to store things than with vintage suitcases? I already keep a lot of my supplies and out-of-season clothes in my stacked suitcases, and I have a stash of fabric and beads in the suitcase table my parents made me for Christmas, but I wanted to try to make a suitcase table on my own. (*On my own: Defined as getting directions from my dad and grandpa.
While I know how to use drills, Mod Podge, paintbrushes, Polaroids, and sewing machines, I am a bit intimidated by things like drill presses and table saws. And before I begin, there are a few shortcuts that you can take to make a suitcase table of your own. By: Stacie, Milt, and Tommy. :) How to Make a Lamp from Vintage Cameras. You know those people that have obscene collections of lifelike dolls or stuffed animals that they cling to and hoard because they think they have personalities or something?
Yeah, I am that way with cameras. I take my digital SLR pretty much everywhere and I feel completely naked without it-- God forbid anything interesting should ever happen to me without a way to document it. ;) But most people only take their cameras with them on the most special occasions-- birthdays, graduations, weddings, bat mitzvahs, first bike rides, homecoming dances, adventurous vacations. Because of this, I think cameras are extremely special things. Out of all the objects we possess through our lives, our cameras are there to capture the best moments. They must pick up a thing or two about what it's like to live, right? About two years ago my Uncle Bill gave me an INSANE collection of cameras-- 35mm SLRs, a couple old Polaroids, a hand-cranked video camera, and a tiny camera from 1892. And voila! Shopruche. Materials: - Vintage suitcase - 4 Table legs - 8 Flat washers + 4 Wing nuts - Power drill- Paint + Paint brush - Measuring tool (yard stick, measuring tape, etc.)
Directions: 1. Measure out where you want to position the table legs and mark it on the surface of the suitcase. 2. Use a power drill to create holes at the points that you marked. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Vintage suitcase chair. My latest sytyc project for ‘upcycle’ week.
A little less sewing than usual and a little more decor-y. I love vintage luggage! It’s so nostalgic to me, I always am reminded of my grandfather’s travel journal that he wrote in the 40s. As a bonus, this suitcase smelled like my grandpa’s house when I bought it! Talk about nostalgia. When I think of upcycling, I think of turning something into something completely different.