I got junk in my trunk...what? what?

So digging through the garage I came across an old antique steamer trunk, aka a wardrobe trunk. It looked disgusting, almost in a state of disrepair. But I remembered a trunk I had seen years ago in a pottery barn magazine that I absolutely adored and wanted desparately for a coffee table, however the price tag was simply to steep for mwah! So I set out in search of the photo in able to try my best at copying, and thanks to the wonderful world of internet I ACTUALLY FOUND IT!!! Here is Pottery Barns version....

(BTW please forgive me God for I coveted the people who actually could afford this!!!)

Here are a few pics of what I had to work with...

Notice the right side, yeah it had been stored on its side and had some funky rotting/goop/mold barnacled (did I just make that word up?) attached to it.

The laundry basket is there simply to show the massiveness of this trunk!

After 3 days of freezing in the garage this is my new Pottery Barn-esque coffee table!

Lovely pic sitting on cardboard in the garage with very poor lighting I know, but eh what can I say I was excited about posting it! Ok time to go paint a table!