Steamer Trunks

[Jules]

Who didn’t own one of these at some point in time?

 

[Tish]

I never have but would love to own one.

 

[win231]

I've never owned one.
But whenever I opened one, I always made sure I wasn't alone.

 

[hollydolly]

I've never owned one.
But whenever I opened one, I always made sure I wasn't alone.

lol... Pandora is everywhere dontcha know..


I've never owned one, but my parents did when I was a kid.. it always had a weird smell when we opened the lid...

 

[Lewkat]

I completely wore mine out.

 

[Paladin1950]

My mom had a few of them. But after she passed away in '98, I eventually sold them in porch sales during the summer.

 

[Fyrefox]

My parents had a steamer trunk, and my sister took one away to college. The trunks in question eventually were disposed of due to their bulk, and I’ve never owned or personally used one…

 

[oldaunt]

Never had one, always wanted one.

 

[fuzzybuddy]

Never had a steamer trunk, the closest I came was to my Navy 'seabag'. Those travel stickers on trunks were a cool proof of an exciting international adventure.

 

[jujube]

I was told that my dad slept in one as a baby/toddler while my grandparents traveled with the circus. I inherited the trunk later but no longer have it.

 

[Nemo2]

We still have this one......which I heroically rescued as the Titanic was going down:

 

[iksentrik]

I still have one.

 

[Bella]

I have one, too!

 

[Devi]

I had one when I was about 20, not as tall as the one in the first picture. Loved it; used it for traveling.

 

[DebraMae]

I had one flat top and one with the rounded top that I had inherited from my grandparents. I have passed them on to my daughters. One of my grand daughters is now using the flat topped one as a coffee table.

 

[RadishRose]

I had a rounded top trunk. I gave it to my then DIL.

 

[RobinWren]

I had two to take us back to the UK, within a year they bought me back to Canada. I can't remember what happened to them, I probably gave them to a thrift store.

 

[Jules]

Those travel stickers on trunks were a cool proof of an exciting international adventure.

Once I saw a trunk covered in stickers for sale online. He wanted $2000 because it had so much history. It wasn’t even his history, it was his uncle’s. The post was closed because so many people were laughing at him.

 

[Jace]

I still have one.

Me, too!

 

[win231]

lol... Pandora is everywhere dontcha know..


I've never owned one, but my parents did when I was a kid.. it always had a weird smell when we opened the lid...

HAHA. There are 2 possible smells in an old trunk.
One is a musty/moldy smell. That's the one that's OK.

 

[hollydolly]

HAHA. There are 2 possible smells in an old trunk.
One is a musty/moldy smell. That's the one that's OK.

lol..well I think it was just the musty old smell...

 

[Manatee]

I had a seabag when I was a sailor.

 

[wcwbf]

got a BIG one from neighbor of MIL/FIL... just like one in first picture. it was locked and didn't have a key. seems standard lock is rather primitive and local locksmith had a "skeleton key" available. it made a good coffee table for a while... good for storage of blankets and things. problem was, it was too easy for me to just put stuff on top and that made it a chore to get in/out of. i ended up (close your eyes and try to picture this) tipping it on one of its small sides and turning it into a tall lamp table. i screwed thru inside to attach 4 wooden balls as feet. the lid became a door of sorts... became a bit like a small closet.

 

[Jules]

That’s a clever re-use of the trunk, @wcwbf

I think many of us got rid of the trunk/coffee tables because it was only a good use in theory.

 

[wcwbf]

That’s a clever re-use of the trunk, @wcwbf

I think many of us got rid of the trunk/coffee tables because it was only a good use in theory.

right now, would be hard to find room for 2 cups of coffee without some serious rearranging of stuff.