A suitcase dog bed.

With the other half of the larger suitcase leftover I decided to turn it into a cute little bed for my dog, Maisy. This was very easy and looks cute in Maisy's area. All I needed to do was seperate the top of the suitcase from the bottom and find a regular sized pillow and a cute cover (which you can sew up quickly using a pretty fabric).

Doesn't Maisy look cute in her suitcase bed?

Lisa x

Suitcase plate rack.

 Remember these old suitcases I found?

Well one of the halves of the larger suitcase it looking mighty cute now on my wall as a plate rack.
When my favourite handy man (aka Dad) was up for the weekend we decided to get a bit creative together. I had always wanted a pretty plate rack and we decided to dream big and turn half a suitcase into a plate rack.  * This project takes quite a lot of woodworking skills and I probably wouldn't have been able to create such a successful produce without dad's skills.

You need:

The top half of an old suitcase with pretty lining

Some plywood (we used the leftover plywood from this project.)

Flat headed nails

Woodworking glue

A coping saw

How to:
Cut plywood to size using a coping saw ( we measured the size first using cardboard and then traced the cardboard outline onto the plywood)- you need to cut out enough to make one shelf and one piece to be the plate holder.

Attach shelves to inside of suitcase using woodworking glue and nails (flat headed nails) to keep it all in place. The shelves needs to be attached to the suitcase inside.

Create three circular pieces of wood using the coping saw to use as mounting blocks.

Attach suitcase to the wall using the three pieces of circular wood and large headed flat screws (you may need to use wall plugs if you're going into plasterboard.

Fill with some cute plates and cups.

Then sit back and stare and your very cute creation.

You never know what you'll end up with.
I love old suitcases but I just bought them on a whim and am so pleased with the end result.

Lisa x