Suitcase update

 Today I'm bringing you a project I've been working on for a while. My dad cleaned out an abandoned house and found this vintage suitcase. It was full of trash and had a hole punched in the side. He was going to throw it out due to the hole but I thought it had promise so I brought it home.

The first step was to pull out the stained liner and scrub the grime from the outside. Once it was clean I filled the hole with glue. The blue was an okay color but it was a little stained. Plus I prefer more vibrant shades, so I refinished the outside with some multi-surface acrylic paint in a bright yellow-orange. And since I had some blue leftover from another project, I did the hardware in a contrasting color.

Of course, with a new outside, the inside needed a change as well. I had some leftover fabric from a bag. And like most people I constantly have corrugated cardboard on hand.

It took a fair amount of hot glue to put it all together, but it looks pretty good.