The Life Inside A Chest
When I first saw the circus clown trunk, I stopped in my tracks. The red-nosed clown staring upside down across the front felt like more than decoration. It felt like a piece of a lost world — a carnival gone by.
Chests aren’t just places to keep things. They’re keepers of journeys. Before suitcases rolled through airports, vintage trunks from Storage Trunk Co were the way people travelled. Built solid, heavy duty, sometimes decorated with brass corners or painted lettering.
I can’t forget when the circus came to town once a year. Posters glued to walls promised elephants, fire breathers, acrobats — and always clowns. Looking at the trunk feels like it was there backstage, stuffed with costumes and storage trunk props, waiting for metal storage trunk the show to begin.