My recent love is turning things that were not bar carts into a bar carts. I have made at least 5 and 2 in project mode, but will focus on the biggest one which took the most work.
A Trunk Bar. It has been done before, but not quit like mine!
The outside was a bit rough. It is made of wood, which is not true of a lot of trunks. I sanded it down and like the effect, so I kept it. The picture does not do it justice.
I loved the paper on the inside, but it did need some love, especially where the paper was and the damaged.
I decided to put old drink recipes in the damaged areas on the inside. I could not find a decent priced vintage recipe book, so I got a newer one with old recipes in it. I aged the pages with several layers of coffee and to match the orange hue of the paper I added a tad bit of orange paint to the coffee.
I used the decoupage technique on the recipes as well as to secure the old brittle paper in the rest of the trunk.
Then I put in shelves. This took several tries and some extra support efforts.
After the shelves where secure, I added leather belts (a common theme in some of my projects and art) to hold in items on shelves.
I added wheels, a lot of them so it will stand secure open and shut and there you have it!
I love the Initials and the original tag on it. I used decoupage on the tag as it was falling apart and I felt it needed to stay with the piece.
And as an extra to whomever bought my Trunk Bar I made a leather-bound drink recipe book (on middle shelf on right side) with the left over pages of the recipe book. I also aged the pages of it with coffee.
And then it went to market….
Where it sold for less than I wanted, but it went to a good home!
Next post will be my small bar cart upcycle rehab projects!
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