Decorating on a Budget: 10 Repurposing Ideas
See how to reinvent salvage finds and your own stuff into things you may actually use
One thing I love to do at the beginning of a new year is clean out the old and bring in the new. One way to do this without being wasteful or spending money is to make things you already have new to you. Move furniture around, give it a new paint job, or give it an entirely new function. Take a look at what these clever Houzz members have switched up, then look at your own belongings with fresh eyes.
These weathered doors have been transformed into a beautiful and architectural headboard. If you only have one door, hang it horizontally at headboard height.
An antique sewing table is now a useful and conversation-inspiring kitchen island.
That drafty old window you replaced can serve as an eye-catching grid of frames. A book full of botanical plates is perfect for filling up one of these.
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Thomas Wold has some sort of higher calling when it comes to repurposing; his work is some of the most clever, cool, original and functional I've seen to date. This secretary desk is an assemblage of discarded shelves, boxes and cabinets.
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See more of Thomas Wold's work
This is one of my all-time favorite repurposing projects. Those fabulous rusty and crusty oversized pendant lights were propane tanks in a former life.
Vintage tools become interesting folk-art pieces when displayed in new ways.
A former ski lift cable has a new life as a clever railing in Colorado. It's fun to recognize a familiar object like this in an unexpected place.
Don't tell Gidget, but someone else has swiped a potential vintage suitcase dog bed and transformed it into a quirky bedside table.
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