Get the rug off the Louis Vuitton

When my neighbor showed me what someone had done to their LV cabin trunk, and asked me to help bring it back to life, my first thought was that they might be better off just getting another. OK, so scrape all the glue and fabric away, get it down to the carcas and then recover it with leather. Sounds easy, right? Polish the hardware and you've got an LV, saved.