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Sometimes you just need a fresh start, or maybe you're downsizing, so what should you do with furniture you don't want or don't have room for?
Donate unwanted furniture to charity shops
Recycle old furniture by giving it away
Refinish it. Metal can be painted. Wooden furniture can be stained.
Upcycle old furniture
Reapholster your furniture. Try new slipcovers or fabric
Sell Any Furniture That Is In Good Enough Condition.
Try to Trade in Your Old Furniture
Donate to Your Local Stage School or Theatre
Hold a garage sale.
Repurpose it. Some ideas include:
- Use an old door as a headboard for your bed.
- Use a ladder to hang towels, kitchen napkins or blankets.
- Wooden packing crate can be used as an end table.
- Use old travel trunks as sitting options, bedside tables, coffee tables, side tables or display pieces.
- Elevate your mattress with the help of wood pallets.
- Old dressers can be restored as vanities for powder rooms. The drawers can also be modified to hold the pipes and other plumbing fixtures of the home, if not your other accessories.
- Old lockers will work well as shoe storage.
- Discarded wooden crates can be used as one of the most functional pieces of DIY furniture for your home. They can be used as outdoor patio furniture like sofa, center table and even bedside table for bedroom.
- Old windows and windowpanes that have a vintage look can be preserved and restored as framed pieces to adorn the walls or can be used as room dividers. Use them to frame mirrors, pictures, fabric.