Do you have a piece of furniture that you no longer want? Before throwing it away, consider giving it a second life in your home! Discover our ideas for making something new and trendy with old furniture and some simple creative tips!
You inherited the old piece of furniture from your grandparents, your plywood chest of drawers is also with all your friends, your small fast-decorating piece of furniture no longer holds up, your decorating desires change with the seasons?
Before you move on and throw away your furniture, think about giving it a second life! By taking a step back on your furniture, your needs and your desires, you will see that there are 1000 ways to give a piece of furniture a facelift which no longer makes you vibrate!
Change room furniture
Your piece of furniture no longer has its place in your current decor, but have you thought about changing it? If you can't see it in your living room anymore, maybe it will have its place in your bedroom or bathroom? A simple change of room can make it attractive again and fill your need for a change. The quirky side will also have all its charm! Like below, why not try putting the buffet in the bathroom?
Divert furniture from its original use
Forget the codes, get out of the boxes and break the rules to imagine your furniture in a completely different function than its initial use! You will be surprised at where this can take you. A chair turns into a towel holder, an office into a wine bar, a sewing table into a side desk! Use your imagination to restore value to your furniture!
A drawer becomes a serving tray:
Repaint the furniture with a more trendy color
If your furniture is beautifully made, in quality wood, it would be a shame to part with it when a lick of paint can restore it to its former vigor.
It takes a little elbow grease! There is no escaping the sander step to remove all traces of yellow varnish, roughness and prepare the wood for a fresh blow. But the result is worth the effort! You leave with a new piece of furniture that you have taken care to match with your current decor.
- A sideboard repainted in majorel blue:
- A stool that finds a second youth. A tutorial to find on Rockandpaper.
Cover the furniture with patterned tape
If your furniture is difficult to recover with a lick of paint, this is often the case with plywood or low-cost decorative furniture, then the solution of a patterned adhesive can easily extend its lifespan! There are a multitude of trompe l'oeil adhesive patterns such as wood, marble, granite, terrazzo or even zinc or gold to give your furniture a youthful look in no time at all. of your desires …
- A wooden table turned marble. Take a look at this tutorial that brings a side table to life on the Rockandpaper blog.
Customize the furniture with trendy accessories
Sometimes a simple little detail can make all the difference! Just think of changing the door handles, the drawer knobs or re-upholstering part of the furniture with wallpaper or cane according to the trend of the moment! The effect is guaranteed!
- Customize an ultra basic piece of furniture into an ultra trendy piece of furniture:
- Figurines diverted into drawer handles:
No time ? How to give a second life to a piece of furniture in one click?
If you don't have the time to embark on a creative project to give your furniture a second life, there are turnkey solutions for change your habits with ease and avoid throwing. You will find more information, and more generally, lots of advice on the reuse of its objects, the circular economy, recycling, sorting, etc. on the website lesbonneshabitudes.gouv.fr
And if, despite all his ideas for reuse, you don't want to keep your furniture,
the eco-organism Eco furniture offers solutions near you to separate you from your furniture. You can thus donate them to associations which will renovate them if necessary and resell them at a solidarity price. You can also take them to a recycling center in a dedicated dumpster so that they can be recycled into new raw materials or recovered as energy. The equivalent also exists for companies thanks to Valdelia. This organization adapts to the specific needs of companies that are rearranging their premises and need to renew their furniture! Talk to your boss and more widely around you to participate in this change, towards new habits, phealthy for the environment!
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