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I still think about when the circus came to town once a year. Posters glued to walls promised elephants, fire breathers, acrobats — and metal storage trunk always clowns. Looking at the art station trunk feels like it was there backstage, stuffed with costumes and props, waiting for the show to begin.
Chests aren’t just containers. They’re time capsules. Before cheap mass storage appeared, trunks were the way people travelled. Built solid, heavy duty, sometimes decorated with brass corners or painted lettering.
When I first saw the circus clown trunk, I just stared. The red-nosed clown staring upside down across the front felt like more than decoration. It felt like a fragment of a lost world — an old fairground life.
The funny thing is, shop antique chest even though this trunk looks distressed, it works in a modern home. Neutral rooms actually make the colours pop. The scratches and paint chips add contrast you can’t buy in a shop.