Why Trunks Are Never Just Boxes

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Chests aren’t just wooden boxes. They’re pieces of history. Before cheap mass storage appeared, trunks were the way people travelled. Built solid, cheap vintage trunk heavy duty, sometimes decorated with brass corners or painted lettering.

The funny thing is, even though this trunk looks distressed, it works in a modern home. Minimal interiors actually make the colours pop. The scratches and paint chips add contrast you can’t buy storage trunk in a shop.

When I first laid eyes on the circus clown trunk, I stopped in my tracks. The painted face staring upside down across the front felt like more than decoration. It felt like a fragment of a lost world — a travelling circus.

I can’t forget when the circus came to town once a year. Posters glued to walls promised elephants, fire breathers, acrobats — and always clowns. Looking at the trunk feels like it was there backstage, stuffed with costumes and props, waiting for best storage trunk the show to begin.