🛋 12 ways to update old furniture: repainting, hauling, complete overhauls

Almost every one of us at the cottage or apartment has old furniture, which we sometimes do not know what to do. It gets us from the parents, from the old owners of apartments or as a result of renovation interior and the purchase of new headset. You can, of course, to let the old furniture firewood for villa stove, Throw in a landfill, to give to someone to sell via the Internet - or to give it a second life. HouseChief.ru edition of the review, you will learn how to update sofa, cupboard or chest of drawers, as well as how to make them, what else, not less useful.

Option №1: the transformation of "sovdepovskoy" wall to the living room

It is well known to the old "sovdepovskie" the living room wallWhich are given to us by our parents and grandparents. Their appearance has become boring and does not meet modern standards and realities. As a rule, the furniture is produced in 1-3 colors. But in order to continue to use it is a sufficiently small alterations. First dismantle the wall that is a snap, with the surface of the furniture with the help of the impeller with the special brush remove the old paint and then painted with enamel. After such an update will transform your interior, and furniture will last you a long time. Look at the difference in the photo below. And if you do not want to bother with a modification, you can always sell furniture via the Internet.

Option №2: convert a locker in a chair

Do you have an old grandmother's chest of drawers, and you do not know what to do with it? A little time, a minimum of tools and effort - and you get an original sofa that will fit in interior hallway in a classic style or in the style of Provence. It depends on the chosen processing method, and color solutions.

Option №3: from an old armchair doing a completely new

Made from old seat new, and even more so to change its design - a little more difficult, but possible. Of course, it is necessary to invest in a new filler and upholstery, but it's cheaper than buying new furniture. Taking the old armchair, you can get a brand new model that is appropriate for your existing interior style. To rework need new material, and only half the time (depending on experience).

Option №4: the new life of an old chair

The easiest way to throw away the old chairEspecially if from the kit was only one copy, but do not hurry to do it. Removing old paint by painting a wooden frame in bright colors and dragging the soft seat, you can get the original chair that is perfect for a summer residence. Such adaptation requires a minimum of work, time and materials.

Option №5: transforms an old sofa

from the old couchWhich seems to be the place exactly at the dump, you can make a beautiful sofa in Mediterranean or Provencal style - it all depends on your preferences. Replace filler, sew new covers, Treated and repainted the old wooden frame can almost anyone with imagination and the right growing hands.

Variant №6: sofa of old chairs in the hallway or to the country

Of several old chairs by simple manipulations can be done easily original bench-sofa hallway or villa. Just something required hacksawSandpaper or impeller with a brush, a few planks, fittings and paint. So you save on the purchase of new furniture and get an original sofa that is not none of your acquaintances.

Option №7: from the broken old kitchen table doing a new coffee or coffee table

You have painted children kitchen table oblezshey with paint? Do not rush to throw it away, as this can make a great misery magazine or the coffee table for the living room. And only then to create it need to saw off the legs to the appropriate height, and sanding base repaint it in the color that you like best and which is suitable for the interior of your premises.

Option №8: make a flower bed in the cottage of an old chest

Since we are talking about what can be done from old furniture, it can not be avoided and this option - flowerbed chest of drawers. Frankly, this is not the best way to use the furniture, but if someone does this, then he has a right to exist. Yes, blooming dresser looks very original, but is unlikely to last a very long time. On the other hand, what's the difference if you're still going to throw it in a landfill? So the furniture finish to exist beautifully and usefully.

Option №9: old bed frame transform into garden bench

What if there is an old wooden frame on double bed and crazy hands that are just itching with desire to do something? It's simple: do for your home or garden garden seat. We just need to work a saw, sandpaper, screwdrivers and a paint with a paint roller. Literally 2-3 hours, you can make a bed of old original and durable bench for her garden.

Variant №10: TV table in the hall of the old chest of drawers

By a simple alteration of an old chest of drawers, which we inherited from the grandmother or grandfather can be converted into a stylish Household TV and a multimedia system. To convert enough to remove the lower boxes, partition, guide and update coating. Such a cabinet, as in the photo below, perfect for interiors with classic or Mediterranean style.

Variant №11: Reinvent grandmother's chest of drawers in the cabinet under the sink in the bathroom

At the beginning and middle of the last century, buffets, bureaus were one of the most popular types of furniture, and it is they who most often gets us inherited from relatives. Of the structure shown in the lower left of the photo, you can make a great cupboard under the sink bathroom in a classic style. Old furniture characterized in that it was made mainly from natural wood and had a high strength. A little bit of time, effort, a new cover - and you have a new cabinet under the sink, looking noble and rich.

Variant №12: convert a TV table in the hallway banquette

Many people remember these cabinets under the TV as shown in the photo on the left. From it you can easily make an original banquette hallway. To do this, remove the old paint, paint again, put on facades image decoupage method and create a soft seat. As a result, you get a comfortable banquette, where you can rest for a few minutes, when he got home, and where you can shoe store and the means to care for her.

A few words in conclusion

As you can see, from old furniture is still possible to derive much benefit, especially if hands grow from where it is necessary, is a fantasy and desire. So you save money and get the original stuff that will just you. We have presented only a small number of cases alteration of old furniture, in fact, a lot of them, and in one short review everything you name it. If you have your own suggestions for the transformation of seats, cabinets, dressers and other furniture of the old, email us and we will share them with our other readers.