Cool Trunk Turns Side Table

I love rethinking the use of everyday objects and re-purposing them into something else useful.

I was handed down this really pretty silver and gold trunk and for years I used it as my living room coffee table. Once I had more space, I obviously needed a bigger coffee table and began to brain storm on how I could make use of this trunk. It was too pretty to just put in the closet.

Then I came across this....

From this blog

 You just add pretty feet to the trunk's bottom and voila! Table. I don't like all my furniture to be super matchy-matchy, but let them compliment each other.  This trunk is perfect for our guest room as a bed side table since the color scheme is pretty, but earthy and a metallic accessory would be the cherry on top.

I used the legs that were cut off left-overs from my crate coffee table project and just so happened to be the perfect height of 4 inches. I attached them with super glue... no lie... and that was that. Super easy, functional for pillow/ blanket storage, and a little metallic flair all in one. You can find wheels or legs at any Home Depot or Lowes and make the table as tall as you'd like.

Had I purchased legs specifically for the trunk, I would've needed to drill holes in the bottom for the legs to screw into and reinforced stability with super glue. I may be doing this in the near future to a couple other trunks I have :)


I hope this inspires you to remake something in your own home

Cheers