A Train Case Metamorphosis

I've been eyeing these little train cases at the Goodwill shops for awhile and then started seeing some around on different blogs. So - a couple weeks ago I finally grabbed one and did my thing. However, like many projects - it didn't exactly turn out as fabulous as I had hoped. It did -however - teach me a lot and keep me interested to try it again. Here is what I did with this one:

• Primed and painted it by hand (didn't spray paint).


• Used all materials that I had on hand.


• Actually painted contact paper and cut into decals before applying to the case.


• Coated it all in ModPodge and then an acrylic sealer.


• Painted the hardware.


• Covered the handle with painted contact paper. (yeah, weird).


• Skipped the "touching up" phase - it's sitting on top of the fridge to hold medicines and it's fine.

Before:

After:

Some things I'll do different next time:

• Try to use spray paint so that I don't have unsightly brush strokes - OR - cover the whole thing with contact paper and mod podge - only painting the trim.


• Buy the color of contact paper that I need - painting it actually worked... but kind of a pain.


• Probably just leave the hardware alone. And the handle.

This little dudes are heavy too... so my visions of actually traveling with one may not actually happen. But - it does look cute sitting around the house, no?

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