Hello! I inherited a box suitcase from my father. This goes back to the 1940’s. Dad was an artist as well as very handy so he converted it to carry his oil paints. When I went to university and majored in art I used it also. It started falling apart so I thought I would restore it, as I like to refinish furniture. I found your website and bought new hardware, hinges and handles. I used a green pleather as it would be easier to cleanup than real leather since I’ll be using to carry paints. I did my research and found a color scheme popular for the era. The major change was gluing some of the interior pleather to the outside in a pattern of three stripes, also popular for the era.

For the containers and dividers I cobbled silverware drawer organizers and made my own from bass wood. It was a really fun project and came out great.

David Prescott Rochester Hills Michigan