From the article: Re-purposing Furniture
Creatively re-purposing old furniture can give it a new lease on life. Have you ever taken a piece of furniture and given it a new use? Share your creative ideas with the rest of us!
Share Your Creative Ideas
Repurposing
- I found an old lab counter that was once used in a school house and turned it into an island for my kitchen. My husband made a new butcher block counter top for it and I used some scraps to create a basket weave design inside the doors. It really turned out great.
- —Guest Carolyn
Desk Hutch
- My crappy computer desk broke when I moved. I removed the hutch to put it in the closet for holding my wife's shoes. I don't know what to do with the rest of it.
- —Guest Ed
window frame mirror
- I didn't use a piece of furniture, but used a window frame to frame a mirror. I know, nothing original, but it looks really nice. I hung it in the dining room. I needed some light there, and a regular mirror was too distracting. We used a window frame and a mirror, both for free from Craigslist. We had to wait a bit for somebody to post the mirror. The frame shop cut the mirror to size and framed it.
- —cblount
TV Stand Window Seat
- I turned an old oak TV stand into a "window seat." It is about 18 inches high and 65 inches wide, and it was sitting in my house when I first moved in. It was too ugly to use as a TV stand, so I painted it black and removed the casters. I got some fabric from Ikea for the seat and it looks great.
- —robinsk
