At one of my many visits to the nearby dechetterie (tip) at Nicole, I spied this old trunk, painted a dirty brown and looking neglected amongst the mountain of broken pallets and rotting boards.
After scraping the paint off, I could see the chest was made of what looked like Baltic pine.
The interior was papered.
The trunk was sanded in preparation for finishing. I removed the inside paper.
The pale pine was stained to match our decor, particularly the ancient, oak beams and wooden doors in our living room.
I applied a traditional finish of linseed oil, beeswax and turpentine.
Once a discarded relic, the century-old trunk now boasts a new life as our coffee table.
