Unique "Suitcase" End Table

A friend of mine posted some pics of a purchase that she

had just made...of an old suitcase.

As soon as I saw it, I knew what I would do with it.

I would make a table!!

Since this isn't actually my suitcase, I can't show 

you what I would do...so I'll tell you ;-)

I think I would start by covering all the hardware with tape

and then spray painting it with

whatever color would look good with the handle...

Maybe a little darker color blue.

Or leave it like it is...

If you wanted to, you could recover the inside...if it was something

that you thought you would store things in.

I'm sure Joann's has some cute fabric.

I would then cut a piece of wood a little smaller than the

bottom of the suitcase and would attach some

cute legs to it, and attach the wood piece to the bottom of the suitcase!

I've seen many different versions of this...so it's all up
to your imagination!

and now I'm on my way to the thrift stores to see what I can find