Is that a piece of luggage? Or is it a comfy old settee fashioned in a rather unusual way? these may well be questions you are not used to asking yourself, but that is all about to change!

Look below and you will find a fantastic collection of images the likes of which you will never have seen before! Always wanted to find a suitcase that conveniently transforms into a chaise longue before your very eyes? Look below for a veritable feast of luggage/furniture eye candy!



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This may look nothing more than a hastily assembled pile of suitcases to you, but in actual fact, this is an incredible creation from designer Eric De Nijs. Taken apart they are four fairly innocuous looking suitcases. Put together like a straight forward jigsaw puzzle however, and they make what is a somewhat fetching settee to help take the weight off in the departure lounge!

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Although on first inspection this very much appears to be a collection of suitcases, it is actually Belgian Designer Maarten De Ceulaer’s comment on the modern working man. It might just be a little bit disappointing to place your brief case on top of all of these, erm, briefcases when you get to work in the morning!

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There’s no getting away from the fact that this is form over function. there is no doubling up here. It may look like an old fashioned chest, and in fact it once was, but there’s no space for luggage now, and you won’t be taking it on holiday. So why is it included? One, it has been transformed from luggage into furniture by the immensely talented designer Katie Thompson, and two, we think it is the coolest micro settee going!

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You would have to have a heart of stone not to think that this is the most adorable thing you have ever seen! This is quite clearly the best possible use of old luggage bar none! We don’t recommend packing it up and taking it away with you though – excise and customs take a dim view of moggy smuggling!

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We live in a time where space is everything. the world is shrinking all the time. In some ways this is not such a bad thing, but when you cast your eyes on beautiful crossover pieces of luggage/furniture like this it makes you wish that some things were still so grand and decadent. this marvelous contraption is designed to be a foldaway make up station of truly sizeable proportions. In the good old days the nice train conductor would have found a spot for something as essential as this, if you were a person of means that is. We would love nothing more than to be able to fold away a trunk of this immense beauty and load it into the under-carriage of the next flight to the French Riviera, but somehow we feel that baggage restraints might just mean an empty handed arrival!

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The designers at James Plumb Design have come up with something truly delightful here – they have built the perfect wardrobe out of opulent old suitcases! Nothing more than a simple cabinet with a range of different coloured vintage suitcases in each one, this gives enough space for the most outrageous wardrobe – which is never a bad thing. These would look fantastic in any bedroom and would make a real talking point in any home. A beautiful design which really does give a fantastic use to an old design classic, the 50’s suitcase!