| If you have older furniture in your home and you | | | | instructions at your local library as well as by |
| are tired of it, you can revive it by giving it a new | | | | browsing online. |
| look and a new purpose in life. Frequently, these | | | | Refinish or Repairing |
| older pieces of furniture get stuck in closets and | | | | If you are working with a piece of wooden |
| attics and are all but forgotten, however with just | | | | furniture, you are probably working with a surface |
| a little imagination, you can put these well built and | | | | that is less than perfect. You can fill divots with |
| sturdy pieces of furniture to work for you in | | | | wood putty before painting, or you can embrace |
| other places in your home. If you have a | | | | the distressed look of the piece. Sometimes the |
| contemporary home, re-purposing a single piece | | | | patina that age gives to a piece of furniture just |
| of vintage furniture and adding it to your space | | | | makes it that much more interesting to look at. |
| can create a beautiful focal point for your room. | | | | However, when you are re-purposing a piece of |
| By re-purposing an old piece of furniture not only | | | | furniture, your imagination really is the only thing |
| are you making your room beautiful, but you are | | | | holding you back. For example, you can take a |
| also doing your part for reducing waste and living | | | | simple, little dresser that is being kicked aside and |
| green. | | | | turn it into an eye-catching vanity for your |
| Freshen with New Fabric | | | | bathroom. |
| Sometimes all a piece of furniture needs to bring | | | | Just Rearrange |
| it up to date is new fabric. Frequently upholstery | | | | Sometimes you do not need to do anything to |
| can become dingy and worn, or the print may | | | | your piece of furniture other that relocate it. If |
| just go out of style. Color trends change, and | | | | you have an old dresser in your bedroom that |
| what is stylish this year will certainly look dated in | | | | you are no longer using, why not re-purpose it as |
| a few years. So you can sometimes revive a | | | | a buffet in your dining room. Not only will it look |
| piece of older furniture by simply recovering it. | | | | great, but it will also add storage and function to |
| Changing the fabric on a piece of furniture may | | | | your dining room. And, if you have a mismatched |
| be as simple as recovering a chair cushion, adding | | | | chair in your dining room, why not bring it into the |
| a slipcover or it may be a little more technical like | | | | bedroom and use it at your vanity table. You can |
| reupholstering the entire piece. You can recover | | | | also use old dining room chair to make interesting |
| your furniture yourself, or you may choose to | | | | side tables for your bed. They can add symmetry |
| have a professional do it for you. If you choose | | | | and interest to your bedroom space, especially if |
| to do it yourself, you can find patterns and | | | | you do not have a headboard. |