If you’re anything like us, then you might be totally obsessed with the recent trend in not just upcycling, but upcycling old furniture in order to transform it into brand new pieces that can be used in your home! We have access to plenty of old pieces thanks to farm sales and local antique shops and we’re in need of some new furnishings since moving into a bigger home, so we’ve been on the lookout lately for fantastic tutorials that will help us save old furniture from the dump and give it a new lease on life in our home.
Just in case you adore the concept of upcycling old furniture pieces into new ones just as much as we do, if not more, here are 15 of the very best ideas that we’ve come across so far in our search for inspiration and guidance!
1. Console TV to bookcase
Big, old wooden console TVs might be wonderfully old fashioned and nicely vintage to look at, but most of them don’t actually work anymore with the channels and network types provided. That’s why we really appreciate the way
2. Old patio table to lovely coffee table
It’s not just inside furniture that can be upcycled in order to be used for even more years to come inside your house! We’re actually kind of in love with the way
3. Decoupaged rocking chair
If you’re going to transform an old piece of furniture to make it into something new, would you prefer to really transform it and add all kinds of new personality? In that case, why not add lots of personality and some pops of colour to the design as well? That’s precisely what
4. Bedside tables from an old desk
Have you always loved the idea of having two matching bedside tables, one on each side of the bed, but you’ve never found a store bought design you liked enough to buy two of? In that case, we’d definitely suggest taking a look at how
5. Old dresser to bathroom vanity
Once you start looking into it, you might actually be surprised by just how useful different styles of dresser can be when it comes to turning them into different things. This larger, wider design, for example, makes a fantastic vanity once it’s been altered! Luckily for all of us,
6. Old door to a headboard
We’ve always loved just how many ideas there are out there that involved turning other things into headboard, just to keep your bedroom interesting and enjoyable to be in, so it’s no surprise that we couldn’t resist including a headboard idea on this list too! We love the way
7. Cabinet to a kitchen island
Just because you’re transforming something doesn’t mea you have to change its design so much that it sits in a completely different room or serves a totally different purpose. This fantastic kitchen island featured in detail on
8. Old door to photo coat rack
Are you quite intrigued indeed by the concept of transforming an old door into something new but you’ve already got a headboard you like and you don’t feel like changing that? Then perhaps you’d prefer to make something decorative instead! We’re obsessed with the way
9. French style bench from old chairs
We’ve already talked about cutting something in half to make two things, but what if we told you that you can also combine two old pieces of furniture in order to make one new one? Well, that’s precisely what
10. Bed set to beautiful bench
Old wooden chairs aren’t the only thing you can make a vintage looking bench out of! Just in case you’d like something a little more rustic chic but with a bit more detailing, here’s a fantastic tutorial from
11. Old dresser to a bench with drawers
Are you actually still the most intrigued by dresser ideas because that’s the kind of furniture piece you have access to and what you want to work with, but none of our previous ideas quite caught your eye? In that case, we’d absolutely suggest taking a look at the way
12. Drawers to side tables
What if you’ve taken the top off a dresser like we showed you above and made it into something beautiful but you still have some perfectly good dresser drawers left over that you’d rather no waste? In that case, we really think you’ll get a kick out of the way
13. Bunk bed to coat rack
Perhaps you adored the idea of making a simple coat rack because you’re pressed for time or a little bit new to the crafting game, or maybe that’s simply what you need most, but you’re not sure you’ll find a door like the one we showed you above? In that case, we’d definitely suggest taking a look at how
14. Old door to leaning bookshelf
Did you actually find an old door with glass panels after all but you’re still just not sure a coat rack is the project for you? In that case, we’d absolutely suggest taking a look at the way
15. Play kitchen from an old nightstand
Have you actually been scrolling through our list and wondering whether you might get your kids in on the idea of making an old furniture piece into something new, even if the actual creation process is still a little too hard for them to help with? In that case, we’d definitely suggest checking out how
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