“The Hotel.” Artist: Bo Christian Larsson.
Find more new uses for old suitcases here, and on Unconsumption’s “new uses for old suitcases” Pinterest board here.
In suitcase-reuse news:
“Suitcase Wheel,” a 16-foot-diameter sculpture made from 75 vintage Samsonite suitcases held together by an internal metal armature, was installed last month at the San Antonio International Airport where it will be on view for two years.
Made by Houston-based artist duo Michael Galbreth and Jack Massing, a.k.a. The Art Guys, the work was first exhibited in 1995 at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and was last seen on display in 1999 at the Tacoma Art Museum.
Public Art San Antonio features several photos chronicling the suitcase installation process: here.
Bonus: HoustonPBS recently profiled The Art Guys. See the video here.
Photo via The Art Guys.
See also: This dedicated “new uses for old suitcases” Pinterest board.
How’d you like to have storage like this in your home or office?
Photo via Gail Rieke.
If the sight of vintage suitcases and/or trunks makes you swoon, check out earlier Unconsumption suitcase-related posts here and Pinterest pins here.
Suitcase Chair
“These chairs give the idiom ‘living out of a suitcase’ new meaning. This do-it-yourself project literally gives your old suitcases new legs and your visitors, a new place to sit.”
(via just stuff I find)
Find another suitcase-turned-chair and other new uses for suitcases in earlier Unconsumption posts here and on Unconsumption’s “new uses for old suitcases” Pinterest board here.
Today’s tutorial: Turn a vintage suitcase into a charging station.
For how-to / DIY details, head over to Design*Sponge.
Related: I created a new uses for old suitcases Unconsumption Pinterest board. Let me know if you come across other creative new uses that I might add to it.
Vintage suitcases + table legs = new tables
(from the book Design Sponge at Home, which is chock-full of reuse ideas and inspiration; via Poppytalk on Pinterest)
![All you need for a suitcase pet bed is a suitcase, something soft to fill it with and something to use as a base. And, of course, a pet to put in it.
(via How to make a suitcase pet bed | MLive.com)
[Thanks, Simon Thalmann!]
Another pet bed idea: repurpose an old TV. For other creative new uses for old suitcases, check out previous Unconsumption posts here.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw28z1jDFX1qzv12bo1_400.jpg)
All you need for a suitcase pet bed is a suitcase, something soft to fill it with and something to use as a base. And, of course, a pet to put in it.
(via How to make a suitcase pet bed | MLive.com)
[Thanks, Simon Thalmann!]
Another pet bed idea: repurpose an old TV. For other creative new uses for old suitcases, check out previous Unconsumption posts here.
Today’s tutorial:
Over on Red Hen Home, there’s a helpful tutorial showing how to make vintage suitcases into shelves.
The suitcase-shelving idea is a neat addition to the Unconsumption gallery of new uses for old suitcases.
(Hat tip to Rebecca Stuch for posting a link to this on a Whole Foods Market Pinterest board. If you’re using Pinterest, you can find Unconsumption there, too!)
How to: Transform a travel trunk into a rolling bar (or storage for other things).
For tutorial (by Dane Holweger), see: Carry-On Cocktails — readymade.com.
Now here’s a fine use for an old suitcase: as a picnic table. This item is from junktion products, purveyor of many good things made from old things.
