Saturday, January 7, 2012

How to revamp your old furniture and save money


 We always want to get rid of old furniture and come up with new which goes with the time and also fits well in our house interiors. Remember the old dining table or even the old cupboard was asked to leave the house for the new dining table or new ward-robe! Its natural with time few furniture from our house has to make their way out for allowing new and latest furniture to make place inside. But most often we spend up more while doing so and the new furniture isn't really strong as compared to its predecessor.

Instead of spending more on new furniture, its ideal to revamp your old furniture instead of replacing them with entirely new piece of furniture which helps you to save money as well as make use of available resources. Though an old table which may look UGLY and USED OUT at the moment can be given a whole new look with a little bit of planning and fresh coat of paint. This allows us to make use of the old stuff, thus allowing them some more time within our house as well as save our money.Moreover this also helps us in contributing some efforts on our part to save at least one tree that we didn't cut to use it up in our house.One more point is that wood used in old furniture is always strong and durable as compared to used in new furniture. Same can be applied to other articles including fabrics, existing clay pots within our house. The only motive behind doing so is to save money and also to get a fresh look with the available resources within our house.

All you need is to think and come up with some good ideas which can definitely help you revamp your old furniture to an whole new designer piece. Think about what you can do to use out that old piece which you are about to throw. Come up with some brand new idea which will help you to use that old piece. Here's few ideas that can help you learn how to revamp your old furniture and save money instead of just replacing them with new furniture. I am sure they will help!

Check before you throwaway the old fabrics 

Before throwing away old Bandhini fabrics or even your grandma's hand knitted table cloth, think of how you can just frame them and make it look as beautiful photo frame in you living room. So instead of spending on new photo frames to liven up your hall, make use of these masterpieces which also have beautiful memories attached to it. Learn some interesting fabric painting ideas and come up with excellent designs that can mix-match with your home decor thus helping you save lot of bucks!

Revamp your old pots and ceramic clay to create a beautiful corner-piece

Old pots and ceramic clay can be given a good coat of paint to revamp it as good corner piece in house, instead of spending thousands of bucks on decorative piece bought from an exhibition. Remember when you decorate the piece yourself, your centerpiece is proudly making it's way in the hall. So instead of buying a new one spend some time learning how you can decorate your old piece. You can also use small ceramic pots as indoor flower pots by decorating them and planting beautiful indoor plants or even cacti into it and placing them on corner table in the house. While decorating so make use of shells, pebbles, paints, dried flowers, fabric or even laces.

Revamp your old coffee tables into designer flower pot tables 

Old coffee tables can be used in terrace as well as balconies as flower pot holders. All you need to do is revamp it with fresh coat of paint.For more brightened effect stick broken colorful tiles(chipped tiles) on the top surface which will also increase the shell life of the table.

Revamp old wine glasses and containers to decorative and vintage flower pots

Old metal wine glasses or containers aren't used anymore and we just wonder what to do with them. But these metal wine glasses make excellent indoor table flower pots. Perfect for indoor small plants.

Revamp old sofa sets 

Old sofa set can be revamped into new one with just a good new polish.Replace cushion covers with latest designer covers for whole new look.

Revamp old chairs to decorative and one of its kind flower pot holders 

Old chairs can be used in terraces or balconies to turn out into new flower pot stands. Just make a big hole in the middle of the chair's seat to fit an big flower pot and place the flower pot in the middle. Apply a fresh coat of paint to the chair to go with your balcony theme. If you plan to make use of 2 to 3 chairs together for same job, try to give different paint to different chairs for nice look!

Revamp old lamps to lighten up your house

With help of some glossy paint, masking tape, beautiful laces, CFL Tube and little bit of designing ideas, you can revamp old lamp into refreshing new one that can light up your house giving away a feel of creativity.

Revamp old shelfs to exclusive CD shelf

Old shelf or bed back shelves can be used as independent shelf above your computer table to store CDs or show-pieces. All you need to do is check the finish to match your bedroom interior or study room interiors. Cut according to the required size and fix it.

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