I got this old box at a yard sale I think i paid a nickle for it
It was in really bad shape
I took it apart keeping the orginal hardware to use later striped it down to bare wood then went to work on it
for the outside i used a piece of paper that looked like old leather the picture doesn't do it justice but you can kind of get an idea of what it looks like.
For the inside I used some paper with writing and maps on it and I added some distressed ink to add a bit of age to the paper
I also used the old mirror that was inside of the original one it was in pretty bad shape and had most of the reflective stuff missing and was broken on one side
but i really liked the way it looked so decided to try to reuse it
I added a flower and a feather for the stem to cover up the broken edge of the mirror and since a lot of the reflective stuff was missing some of the words showed thru .
9 comments:
This is a true Trash to Treasure moment - thanks for sharing!
Carolyn, your creativity amazes me. I really like what you did with this old box. Ann
I love this. Yard Saling is my favorite past time. Great Blog Background by the way, LOL
Stephen
http://bearcrazyman.blogspot.com
That box is gorgeous!! I love finding treasures like that too :-) You did a super job on it!
Michelle
A great find to get a box with so much hardware and pieces to reuse: Love it.
Karen (ATT)
Very,very awesome!
love that box! you did good. Also very much like your backdrop for your blog!
A great job~ Fun travel trunk. I am making one almost like it from scratch. I am still trying to work out the hinges, lol. Great trunk!
Very cool! Looks perfecty for a speciat trip ;)
Gena
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