Sometimes, I find things that are just plain inspired. While not my personal projects, I want to share them with you.
While we were visiting our newest nephew last weekend, I became totally obsessed with the FABULOUS shelves my brother-in-law created in Spencer’s nursery.
They are made from vintage suitcases and I think they may be some of the coolest artwork-slash-shelving-slash-storage I’ve ever encountered. I mean, totally inspired.
To mount them, he drilled a board of the same width as the suitcase onto the wall. Then, he cut off the suitcase to the depth desired and drilled a screw into the sides of the suitcase to go into the boards.
I mean, have you ever seen anything so cool?
This is part of Spencer’s vintage transportation nursery. I think this is such a great theme for a boy’s nursery. The Route 66 sign was another detail I loved. (You can also check out the Route 66 basket I found and the quilt I made from yesterday.)
This has my mind spinning for ideas of other things I can make into shelves.
This is perfect timing!!! I have been feeling so uninspired for my poor little man’s room in the new house. He really likes trains, and I have a bunch of “garage” signs, like the route 66 one. IDEAS FORMED! THANK YOU!!
Oh. My. Gosh. This is my favorite shelving idea I have ever seen. I collect old trunks and vintage suitcases. If these shelves don’t belong in my possession, I don’t know what does. Thank you for sharing Kim.
This is SO awesome. I love this idea- how creative!!! 🙂
I love them. I actually ‘pinned’ a image not to long ago that had them on an entry wall. I just hadn’t figured out how they cut through the suitcases – the metal and leather? The solid leather sure but all the ones in my stash have the metal band. Any ideas? Xo.
Those are so cute! How creative!!
Oh my gosh! These are amazing!
Oh my goodness! How freaking cool are these. I only wish I had those suitcases! What a great idea and darling room.
Very cool! We used to have little vintage suitcases back in the 80s. Nice idea.
ooh, what a great idea! those look awesome!
what a great and awesome idea. i want to borrow it…i wish i had the right space…but now im going to daydream about what else can be repurposed!
Ooooh those are fantastic! I’m going to need to start keeping my eyes peeled at the thrift stores for old suit cases.
That is so cool! What an awesome idea!
How cool is that? Such a genius idea and I totally dig it!
How cute! I love seeing how people reuse old suitcases 🙂 xo Kristin
I kind of love this!
LOVE hem! korrie from red hen home had a whole wall in her entry like this before they moved- it was awesome! i found the link so you can see her take on it:
http://redhenhome.blogspot.com/2012/05/spring-suitcase-wall.html
love it in a nursery and love the “travel” theme! oh the places that baby will go!
Thanks for sharing the link, Cassie. I hadn’t seen that before. Really cool!
Brilliant!