Old furniture transformed by creative mind may turn into unique rustic or vintage home decor pieces. Their low cost, as well as inimitably poetic look is worth spending a little bit of time to create them.
Luckily, you may use pretty much any old furnishing thing that’s practically falling apart to DIY something new and lovely for your home.
You may give a second life to hose time-worn wooden chairs your even your grandmother decided to throw away, kid’s crib a number of babies managed to outgrow, cute, but shabby Victorian-style bedside tables, old dressers and even those thrown away and well-forgotten doors and window panes.
Besides, such decorations will feel the most personable, as you’ll be able to restore and remake them according to your taste.
You might think that you don’t have anything like that to work with.
But, if I were you, I’d check my grandma’s (or even mom’) shed, attic, as well as local yard sales and I’d certainly find a couple of underrated and hella cheap golden pieces.
Check out these furniture repurposing ideas to get inspired.
Furniture repurposing ideas
- Kitchen or living room shelving unit. The easiest project ever.
You just need to find three wooden benches of the same size (or one smaller than the other), get rid of the remains of old finish if there’re any, refinish them with white paint or natural wood polish and stack them on top of one another.
You may turn these shelves into your pottery display, bookshelf or family photo and decorations stand. - Arm yourself with some time, patience and creativity or go to HireRush.com and post a request for our furniture repair contractors to transform an old TV unit into a great and exceptionally realistic kitchen play set.
Leave your request here - If you have one of those old-school wire spindles, you may totally repurpose them as well.
Paint them using your favorite color that would match your room theme and use it as a cute book/magazine holder and mini coffee table or as a stand for your gorgeous house plant.
Or, you may find a soft cushion, a removable chair cover, and some rope to turn this spinner into a seat for your cat. - Turn an old crib into a small deck sofa by removing its front railing, repainting it and adding a couple of seat cushions for extra comfort.
Get just a little bit craftier and repurpose it into a romantic outdoor swing.
Hire a handyman to install it securely. - Vintage outdoor/living room lounging seat.
Take two old wooden chairs (pre-sanded), one seat-wide wooden board and several wooden planks of different sizes (for lower railing). Remove front planks of the seat part and secure two chairs together.
Attach a seat board to both chair backs to create a bench, make it a little bit more elaborate and elegant by installing decorative rails below the seat and paint your brand-new bench/lounger.
Throw a couple of soft pillows on the seat to make it all comfy and cozy. - An old door attached to 4 rustic-looking bulky legs and refinished to preserve its semi-shabby look will serve as a unique-looking coffee table.
- Old wooden chairs are like furniture repurposing chameleons. There’s so much you can do with them.
You may remove their legs, attach two of them to the back side of the seat and turn it into an outdoor swing for your little ones.
Or, you may use the back part only, attach a couple of wire/wicker baskets or vintage metal hooks to it and use as decorative shelve for your little bits and pieces, cacti plants, kitchen or bathroom necessities or as a coat rack. - If you manage to find a couple of vintage suitcases people used to carry in their hands and a couple of wooden bars and a wooden tray of according size, you may repurpose them into a decorative nightstand for a guest bedroom.
- If you’ve always wanted to have an island in your kitchen, you may totally repurpose and old dresser and turn it into quite convenient and modern kitchen furnishing piece.
You just need to repaint it, change the drawers’ handles if you want to and find a contractor to upgrade a former dresser with a countertop that would match the rest of your kitchen. - Refinished window shutters will work amazing as a kitchen/study room visual board or utensils’ holder, while by attaching a couple of hooks to one of them you’ll end up with a rustic coat rack for your hallway.
