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Give Your Furniture New Life, Purpose

Recycle old furniture for fresh rooms


Image courtesy Gila

Tired of looking at your same-old stuff? Sometimes all your furniture needs is a fresh perspective to seem new again. Try one of these tips for breathing new life into your old things.

1. Find a new use for it. "Look at a piece and imagine an easy repurpose for it," suggests Sharon Hanby-Robie, ASID, a Pennsylvania-based interior designer and author of "Decorating Without Fear: A Step-by-Step Guide To Creating The Home You Love" (Thomas Nelson, April 2007). "For example, you could put a cushion on top of an old cocktail table and make it an ottoman," she says. Hanby-Robie uses a dresser in her office to store office supplies, and she likes to turn small bookcases sideways and hang them on the wall for shelving.

2. Put traditional furniture in an untraditional room. Kathy Wilson, editor of TheBudgetDecorator.com and home decorating expert for LifetimeTV.com, enjoys having a pretty loveseat in the dining room on one side of the table for comfy and stylish seating. She also likes to decorate covered porches with traditional furniture - a coffee table, chairs and even a lamp for summer evening reading.

3. Roll up your sleeves and get creative (fine arts degree not required). Try creating side tables from old shutters by screwing in legs, or place a round of glass on top of an old birdbath. A beautiful worn old door can be topped with glass and placed on legs for a one-of-a-kind dining table, Wilson says. Hanby-Robie likes to add natural stone tops to dressers and make buffets for her clients. "Stone is so affordable and available that you can transform any piece of furniture by changing the top," she says.

4. Find a reuse for the piece. Giving up on your circa 1970 microwave cart? "One man's trash is another man's treasure" isn't a clich� for nothing. Instead of tossing the piece into the landfill, try a furniture swap with friends. "You might even find something great to replace it," Wilson says.

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