I have had this suitcase in my pile and it looked ok, but clearly it doesn't look so great standing by itself. I thought about several ways to hide the stains on this one. In retrospect, I didn't make the best choice. But I'll save that for later. I have been trying to use materials I have on hand. So instead of rushing out for another quart of paint, I mixed about five colors to achieve the right bluish green. I wanted to use this color to cover the reddish brown on the ends of the case. I was really happy with this color and very excited about the doing the rest of the makeover. I took the metal parts from a beat up gold (top latch) to the bronze of the bottom hardware. My idea was to use this toile remnant to cover the rest of the suitcase. I did the lid first and that turned out pretty well. Then I started on the bottom. This is messy, messy work and you have to work quickly because the medium drys very fast. I have found that