Flintshire Edition August 2017
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upcycle<br />
L<br />
astmonthour‘What’sitWorthNow’featurefocusedon<br />
theincreasingdesirabilityandcolectabilityofvintagesuitcasesandotherluggageitems,suchasbriefcases<br />
andvanitycases.<br />
However-beautifulandcharacterfulastheymaybe,<br />
lightweightandpracticaltheyarenot!Chancesarethat<br />
evenifyou’reluckyenoughtohavepurchasedorinheritedalovelyoldcase,youwon’tbeplanningtowhiskit<br />
awayonholidayanytimesoon… yetitseemsashamefor<br />
suchalovelyobjecttobelefttuckedawayoutofsight.<br />
Sowhatcanwedotogivetheseitemsanewleaseoflife<br />
andshowthem offtofuleffect?Ourjoiner,Olie,turned<br />
thishandsomeoldcaseintoaconsoletablewithbuiltin<br />
storage,whichisaspracticalasitisbeautiful.<br />
Afterpolishingupthemetalworkandgivingthecasea<br />
goodcleaninsideandout,Oliemountedhairpinlegsto<br />
theundersideusingplatehardware.Welovethedark<br />
steeleffect,butyoucouldalsoconsiderspraypaintingthe<br />
legstomatchyourexistingdécor.<br />
Next,hecutoutanmdfbasetotintothebotom ofthe<br />
caseinordertostrengthenitsothatitcanbeusedfor<br />
storage.Finaly,helinedthecasewithpapertogivethe<br />
interiorafresh,cleanlook.Whynotmakeuseofanold<br />
map,orasheetofpretygiftwraptomakeyourcasegorgeousbothinsideandout?Externaly,oldluggagelabels<br />
aregreatfordisguisinganytatyareaswhichyouwould<br />
prefertocoverup.<br />
Youcouldrealygetcreativewithothervariationsonthis<br />
upcyclingproject.CondentDIY-erscouldaddsome<br />
shelvinginsidethelidandatabletoptothemainsection<br />
ofthecaseinordertocreateacharminglitledeskwith<br />
thelidleftproppedopenagainstawal.Youcouldeven<br />
cutoutthefrontofthecaseandaddafalsebotom to<br />
form ahiddendrawer.Notquitesohandy?Nowories:<br />
seekoutahotelstyleluggagestandandpopyourcase<br />
straightontop–heypresto!
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