First off I want to thank you from here to the moon for your very informative website as well as the extensive inventory of trunk parts and awesome prices. I have now completed two trunks and have enjoyed every minute of it. I could not have done it without your site. The first trunk was a big, ugly trunk my neighbor just gave to me because they couldn’t stand the sight of it any longer. I will send pictures of that one later on. Lets just say they are sorry they gave it to me now because it turned out so nicely. The next trunk(s) I acquired is my great grandmother and grandfather’s. We found both in a barn rotting away. They are the old zinc covered ones with the rounded top. It was heartbreaking to see them in the shape we found them in. I finished the first one because it was in the best shape, and the other which looks very similar in design is taking a bit more work then the other because the top was caved in and it was covered in rust. Normally I would likely have walked away, but these are priceless family heirlooms that were not properly cared for until now. I am including the first because I am still replacing slats and rebuilding the hump on the second and I can only hope in the end it will look as beautiful as this one. I can’t tell you how excited I was when the parts we ordered from you came in the mail today! I’m including the after shots, as well as the before one from when we found them. I’m sure you’ll be able to see which is which. 😀 I hope. Thanks again! I can’t wait to get the other finished as well as get pics of the first so I can share!

This trunk work can be habit forming – here’s Crystal’s next project:

We finally finished the second trunk that we believe was my great grandfather’s. We found the first I’d already sent you and this one together. Whether or not they were originally a set, we do not know but in a way they matched and in other ways they did not. This one has flat sheet metal instead of the line pattern mixed with the same pressed pattern. They were not the same colors either and their sizes seem slightly different. We had to rebuild the hump in this one and it was very bad shape when found. Basically solid rust. We had to patch many rust holes and deal with dents that we could. All the hardware on the slats was replaced using your parts as well as the lid stay and handles too. I’m glad to know I have somewhere to go with the next trunk I find in my possession! You always seem to have exactly what we need!

I just finished up another trunk with parts I ordered from you! This was the most difficult one yet because it needed all new wooden slats, flat metal, hardware and a completely rebuilt lid! Most people probably would have thrown it away, especially when they saw the free wasp nest, rat poop and termite damage that came with this awesome $10 investment, but not me! I broke the rules and used a few screws, but only when I had no choice to hold this rickety old trunk together again. It was very painful to resort to using them. In the end, this trunk will be a wonderful gift for my mom and someday a wonderful family heirloom to go with the other two that belonged to my great-grandparents. At least I know it will survive that long!  I couldn’t have done it with you and the parts you sell! Thank you so much for having affordable and accurate parts available for trunk hoarders like me!  God Bless! I’ll be ordering again soon! I just bought two more trunks! Hahahaha!  Crystal Davis