Vintage Trunk Makeover to Cottage Delight | Wallpaper | Elegant Upgrades

I hope you all enjoyed this super easy flip! I tell ya, just a little bit of wallpaper Can go a long way.

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[lorrainewhitlock]

As you said it is super cute! I really like the concept I never thought of it before. Lovely finished 😘🥰🌹trunk!

[martinebangs]

Hi Taryn, I love these suitcase/trunk/valise, I especially love them painted and decorated like this one, great work....Take care...

[thefeays]

Awww....make me cry! One of the two things that came along with my family every time we moved was my dad's trunk just like this. (The other was his desk, which was my first refinished piece). We still have them, though he's

[carolinedubose]

Cute trunk revival!! I wish I had my old black trunk so I could do something similar. The wallpaper worked out perfectly!!

[juliahelland]

Very cute 😍 I have a trunk just begging for an update. Thanks for sharing ❣️

[ondinadixon]

❤️❤️ IT Taryn 👍
❤️ The white and the paper just looks beautiful

[deborahmatatall]

This is such a fun little trunk! It’s very fresh and would look wonderful in my fairy cottage tree house (which I do not have). I love the flowers and those legs.🌸

[lindatorres]

You did the complete opposite of what I would have done at every step almost and I’m in awe 🫢 it’s so pretty. Love it

[angelikast]

It looks great. Thanks for sharing your video. 🎉

[GGFifi.]

I have this exact trunk and I can't wait to start it now, someone painted the hardware and leather edgings with a thicK silver paint, what's the best way to get rid of it?

[anatay]

Hi there 👋🏼
I have one of these inherited from my grandmother. It's about 3x larger. I was wondering if you could offer any tips on refurbishing the inside? I haven't inspected it heavily but it looks like it's lined with paper. The inside of mine got a little moldy but I really don't want to throw the whole thing out. Thanks for the informative video. Your trunk came out great!

[debraneria]

How adorable is this Chest....it's So fun and cottage Rustic farmy ...Love this ..and You Finally Was able to use the Bits. .you're amazing and the sweetest Friend....I Know you're enjoying yourself (is why you're not Home yet😂😂❣️❣️) ..enjoy yourself my friend ❣️❣️🥰👍

[Funkensense]

Very cute! I really like the white. It’s funny before I knew anything about “furniture flipping” or the right way to do this, I painted a chest like this for my bedroom with regular acrylic paint lol.

[LoriM]

I love what you did with this trunk!! The color, the paper, and wow, those legs look perfect on it! Now I want to do one!

[wnomebrown]

Really loved the ease. I want to paint mine. Got it from the dump. Thanks for paint and wax info, I was already thinking white. I actually love paper for just the border, not top. I'm thinking about painting a Scripture on top. But... what about the inside? Do you leave it? Are you not planning to use the inside? I'm thinking adhesive paper for that.

[LCLW]

That is so cute!! I found your explanation rather clear on how to attach the legs. Just curious, what did you do w/the inside of the trunk? Love your work and am enjoying all your content so far as I just found you a week or so ago.

[gabrielmerchant]

I've been hunting through craft videos tackling these guys to help give myself some ideas on what to do with mine, but mine has a particular issue that i haven't seen anyone else really have and I'm not sure what to do with it... if you see this, could i get your take on it? The issue I'm having is the "leather(?)" strips lined by the rivets are curled outward with frayed edges. Should i salvage them? How would i even do that? Or should i just remove all hardware including the strips and replace them? Would i need a rivet tool? I'm just so lost 😅

Anyway i really loved this video and the result! Gorgeous work! You certainly know your stuff c:

[kimtsosie]

Beautiful, how much would that one cost me to buy?

[MoAn-Ah-LiSa]

You didn't mention the handles. On mine they are leather. Just wondering about that. Thank you for the tutorial.

[susanc]

This looks really cool! Did you say you normally would have just put the wallpaper on the top? If so, would you have done that strip that you did too?