Old suitcases and steamer trunks are enjoying new life as home accessories. These vintage pieces “evoke the romance of the old-fashioned travel experience. They also serve a useful purpose as ...

It had been kept safe in a closet until a recent break-in. The burglars did not know how to open old-fashioned luggage and mercilessly forced it open. Its brittle bindings were scattered about the ...

At first glance, it seems like a charming exhibition: Ten old-fashioned suitcases, with a miniature diorama in each. The models, with their meticulously detailed furnishings, remind you of dollhouses.

Old suitcases and steamer trunks are enjoying new life as home accessories. These vintage pieces “evoke the romance of the old-fashioned travel experience,” said Carol Schalla, editor of ...

At first glance, it seems like a charming exhibition: Ten old-fashioned suitcases, with a miniature diorama in each. The models, with their meticulously detailed furnishings, remind you of dollhouses.

Mr. SiMo makes BoomCases, beautiful speakers hand-set into old thrift-store suitcases. The cases have been treasure-hunted and are then gutted and re-filled with electronic goodness, ready to be ...