Drawers, pallets, wood and even barrels can make up a perfect piece of furniture for any space in your home. You doubt it? Here we leave you some suggestions to innovate in the decoration.
If you are thinking of decorating your home, do not rush to pay exorbitant prices for furniture that may not be worth it. Rather, take a look around you and think about what you can do with what you have on hand. We offer you help with these fabulous recycled furniture ideas.
We often have the solution in front of our eyes and we don’t see it. We don’t realize that instead of throwing away those unused objects that bother us so much, we can recycle them.
To help you in this process of decorating with old materials, we offer you some new ideas for recycled furniture. They are not at all fancy and will allow you to save some money without relegating style at all.
5 wonderful recycled furniture ideas
1. Shelf with fruit drawers
Take a walk around the supermarket or a greengrocer and ask them for the extra drawers. With these simple wooden rectangles, you can make a phenomenal bookcase. You just have to follow these simple steps:
- Use 6 or 9 boxes of fruit and paint them in a color that you like. If you do it in a rustic way and they are not completely neat, much better.
- With two longer timbers- if you have them-create two transverse poles to place them as a backrest for the shelves and give the furniture greater stability.
- Fasten the drawers with screws to each other and also to the braces.
- You can add wheels and handles to the sides to make it portable, but this last step is optional.
One last recommendation: you don’t necessarily have to make shelves two or three drawers wide by two or three high. You can vary the height of the columns; This will add even more style to your new recycled furniture.
2. Coffee table with pallets
Pallets are an invitation to work for creative people. If they find one thrown away, within minutes they’ll find a use for it and bring it home.
In this case, we tell you how to make a beautiful and simple table for your living room:
- The first step will be to remove the impurities and, if you wish, varnish or paint the pallet.
- Next, you will need to cut pieces of wood to make the legs of the height that is convenient for you. If you can get iron legs, congratulations. These provide a very favorable rustic and industrial tone.
- Screw them to the pallet; It is advisable to fit one long wood screw on one side and two on the top.
- Place glass on top or use wood to fill in the gaps between one board and the other.
Another alternative is to use pallet dowels to place them between the top of the pallet and the glass. In this way, the table will be even and also higher.
3. Beverage cabinet with a barrel
A redesigned barrel to hold your drinks will add a unique touch of class to your living room. They combine perfectly if you have other wooden furniture, especially if they are in dark tones.
To create it, follow these steps:
- Take a disused barrel and restore it: sand any imperfections and varnish or paint it.
- Then cut off one side, leaving about 8 to 12 inches(depending on the height of the barrel) at the bottom and top. You can leave this part open or use the wood that you cut as doors, placing hinges on both sides.
- Place a wooden shelf in the middle of the cabinet to serve as a divider; This will allow you to make better use of your space.
- Leave the keg cap on to use to support open bottles and glasses.
4. Hanging furniture with wood
In case you find a corner of the house that is missing ‘something’, you should consider this alternative. Take a piece of wood and make it smooth and neat with a coat of varnish.
Next, attach a support to the ceiling with an S-hook from which you can tie the ropes with a firm and consistent knot. These will hang in the shape of a swing and will be attached to the piece of wood through four holes in it. Again, it will be four knots at the bottom of the wood that will act as support.
Remember not to place glass or porcelain furniture on this furniture. In the same way, try to leave it in an area of the house where the wind currents do not abound; although extremely attractive, it will logically be quite unstable.
5. Swagman with a ladder
If you are like most mortals and the shoes thrown all over the room drive you out of the boxes, here is the solution to your ailments. With an old ladder and some wood that serve as shelves, you will have everything solved.
As with previous recycled furniture ideas, you can use colored paint, varnish, and different techniques to add your own personal touch to this new swag.
Besides being very simple, this idea will be very practical for you.
- On the one hand, because it is easy to use and you will immediately find any shoe you are looking for.
- On the other, it will allow you to save practically all the ones you have. As a result, your room will look much bigger and neater.
You already have the ideas of recycled furniture, you just need to plan what you want, get the materials and get to work. Some help can be good for you; you will also receive a second opinion that can give you very valuable suggestions. Now is the time and the fashion-to reuse.
