Old Wooden Suitcase

The next old thing I´m working on - a old wooden suitcase. I can´t remember, if it was a flea market found or an bulk rubbish found. I´m not sure what I´m going to do with it when I´m done..... I´m sure I will get an idea until then.

The whole thing acutally looked terrible

The paint is off but the wood itself doesnt look to good....with a black/moldy look

I´ve heard somewhere that this happens when the wood gets painted before its dried through

I added the right slat because it was missing

the hardware was all rusty but some polishing and voilá

I´m still thinking about if I leave the wood all natural or if I gonna paint it dark brown again........ not sure about it yet.