Give New Life to an Old Trunk with Decoupage

I have never been a crafty person and feel very out of my element. But I have an old trunk that I really want to decoupage with my old comic books (or copies of).

My question is, where do I start? From reading your site I think first thing first is prepare the surface (sand down, dust free) and get copies of the comic book pages. But where do I go from there?

Also, the trunk has a terrible gold metal trim. Is there any way I can make that black or decoupage over that too?

Thank you in advance for any suggestions and help!

Randi

Read my suggestions for Randi How to Decoupage an Old Trunk.