DIY: Suticase Chair

Drawing my inspiration from Pinterest (of course) and my love for all things unique, I decided to embark on this adventure of creating my own piece of awesome furniture.
I am definitely not a professional but am happy with my end product. Here are the items and basic steps that I used:

1 Vintage Samsonite Suitcase
4 chair/table legs (a few varieties found at Home Depot, I used these and these)
Spray paint (optional) 
4 large screws and fitted bolts
A few yards of an outdoor fabric (mine found at Joann's)
5 heavy duty buttons, if tufting is desired, I did it on the top half only (also found at Joann's)
Large needle and thread
1 firm pillow (for the upper cushion)
High density foam (for the bottom cushion)
1" thick plywood, cut in a the shape/size of the top and bottom halves of the suitcase (to use as the upholstery backing)
Staple gun

My first stop was eBay to purchase the suitcase, which probably wasn't the best idea because thrift stores are most likely cheaper, but I found the perfect brown leather vintage Samsonite.
After I collected the rest of the necessary items, I was ready to begin. 

**Note: This project took a good weekend to complete for me, I'm easily distracted, but regardless it will most likely take some time

I Started with the legs since the spray paint needs time to dry...

Between coats I started on the tufting and upholstery...
Make sure if you do tuft your cushion you do it prior to stapling the fabric to the wood backing (yes I have made this mistake before)...

completed top cushion

With the top cushion completed, its time to move onto the bottom. No tufting here so all required is some arm strength and a few staples....

Prior to fitting the bottom cushion drill 4 holes in the suitcase and attach the legs using the large screws and bolts.

legs bolted into the bottom

Once that's done...voila I have a new chair!

#1

So...here it goes...my very first blog post... and I'm not even sure where to start.
I think the best way is to lay out my vision for my blog and what I hope to accomplish with it.

The idea of blogging first came to me last year, and being the procrastinator that I am, nothing ever happened. My goal was to start something creative and fun, that would allow my mind to live up to its full potential after I put in my daily 8-5. Around 4 months ago I decided to check out how to actually create a blog, and now long story short here is my first post. Please bear with me as my page evolves and hopefully becomes much better.

My goal is to share all the great (and not so great ideas) that pop into my head everyday. I dream of fashion, food, fun, and adventure. Mostly, I'm just a normal girl working in an office and trying to find and fulfill my passion for life.

With all that being said, I just hope to have fun and share my day to day life...even if I'm the only person who reads this...