Treasure Decorating Ideas
- Treasure boxes might include medallions, coins, necklaces and other treasures.jewellery -1 image by Natalia Leskina from Fotolia.com
If you like to spend time browsing antique shops, thrift stores and home decor stores, you can find knick-knacks for living room decorating. A treasure decorating scheme might include many items for placement on shelves, table tops and walls. Look for items that you may find in a treasure box in the belly of a pirate ship. Even if pirate treasure isn't the scheme you've got in mind, treasures work wonders for a living room. - A treasure box can decorate a large coffee table, end table or plant shelf. Leave it alone or fill it with fancy treasures that almost spill out of the box. Antique leatherbound trunks, once used for train and boat trips, can be sourced in antique and thrift stores. Old trunks might also include gilt or metal trim. If you don't like the finish of an old trunk, just remove the leather and apply a new surface before filling the inside with loot. Beads that can spill out of a trunk are available for cheap at a local dollar store.
- For a different approach to treasure decorating, try a trash-to-treasure craft project. Create a curio stand for displaying treasure knickknacks like old coins, jewelry, goblets, maps and spyglasses. Country Living magazine offers one idea that begins with an old chest of drawers. Repaint the drawers on the inside and outside in a dark brown or black. Fasten these drawers together with nails or glue; each drawer should have its inside bottom facing outward. You've got a new modular curio with shelf space for your treasures.
- A fancy alternative to refinishing a trunk is to buy an authentic-style sailor's chest for a nautical-themed living room, den or library. In online stores, purchase a large sailor's box made in beautiful wood. It might even include carved leaf work and a rich stained finish. Some boxes have nautical trim, such as rope, gilt trim, brass handles or iron hooks. For example, the Nautical Supply Shop offers a chest that doubles as a storage bench or coffee table. Prepare to spend hundreds of dollars on this item if you opt not to craft your chest.
