Project Inspiration Week...The Trunk

Hello...Happy Week. I have so so many projects I want to get done by the next few weeks, but I should say that end of the year is probably more realistic for me. I am going to try really hard to post the inspiration for each of my projects this week. I need to get on it...and where better to start than with some eye catching pretty inspiration to get the motivation juices flowing.

So the first of the projects that I want to get done is to re-do this trunk that we found last year at a flea market and replace our current coffee table with this. It's pretty beat up...totally have to tackle the inside (pretty much cover with velvet fabric..thinking black), then I have to add wood to the bottom of the trunk as the original one if about to give. So this is where I am totally torn...was initially thinking of painting it white with the hardware either gold or silver, then I wanted to silver or gold leaf the top and have a glass made to cover top to use as the coffee table (will place the glass regardless.)

BUT then I came across all of this inspiration....and I am kinda loving the natural/original look. I don't know now. I look at my trunk and it just looks dirty to me in it's original state...but then other days I love it. Oh what to do. Would love any ideas on this. Ugh...loving black with gold too. Oh boy, decisions, decisions.

THEN I saw this too...look beyond the hot guy ladies...to the T.V. stand. Very cool to use the trunk as a T.V. stand. Hmm, actually now that I think of it, we bought the trunk originally for the T.V. Wonder what happen to that idea. lol. But T.V. stand will be later this week as another project.

So please help...what do you all think? Paint white? Paint black? Clean it up and leave original? Gold leaf/silver leaf? Oh, and I probably should mention that I just bought a black and white chevron rug that I plan to put under the trunk.

XoXo,

Iris

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