TA-DA! We got our trunk home. It was pretty high tech : we pushed it four blocks on a rolling dolly. This trunk is HUGE. Much bigger that I realized. I figured it would make a good coffee table until it was in our living room next to our current coffee table and it stood 11 inches taller.
Not quite right. So the backup plan is to replace our TV table with it. It's about the right height and a perfect footprint for that side of the room.
But first, I need to finish up the inside. I mentioned earlier this trunk needs some TLC. I love the worn look of the outside, for sure. However, the lining on the inside is junky. I would be uneasy storing stuff in there (and right now I am thinking books or blankets) until it gets relined.
I am planning on relining it with thin fabric or maybe even heavy paper. I need to try a few things. Hopefully this weekend I'll get it done.
It's so pretty though. I can't complain too much.
AND ALSO : I mentioned over the weekend that Paul and I were going to be curing our Ikea addiction. To be clear, I love Ikea. Some of their stuff is awesome for what we need (like the bookcases) but other pieces, we end up buying because they are cheap, not because they are our style or we really love them. After months of pinning favorite rooms on Pinterest, I realized I want to make our space look a little more collected and a little less like an Ikea or big box store catalog. The key of course, is collecting the new pieces and it's going to take forever and ever. But this trunk was a good start and I am excited to share more of the adventure here.
enJOY it 
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