Recycling and re-purposing is now the normal for many of us. Almost all of us can recycle and re-purpose materials to some extent. It is often just a matter of figuring out how you can use an everyday object in a different way.
Does this concept apply to living room furniture? It certainly does. There’s no reason at all why you can’t re-use old furniture. This way of re-using furniture is often called up-cycling or re-purposing.
What are the best living room furniture items to up-cycle? You really don’t want to start with the most complicated pieces of furniture. For instance, upholstering your old sofa is not a good beginner’s project. It is better to start with something much simpler.
A good starter project would be to paint and varnish a small table. If you feel brave, you can go ahead and decorate it using decoupage. When you are new to decoupage, you can check out YouTube for easy ideas and tips on how to do it.
After you have completed your table, you should try to move onto something more complicated. How about a small book case? That is the sort of thing you often come across in second shops or on markets.
When you don’t have your own furniture to up-cycle visiting second hand stores is a good idea. Not only will you come across interesting pieces of living room furniture, but you will pay less. Needless to say, everything in a second hand store is just waiting for a new home. Why not let it be yours?
Up-cycling living room furniture is fun. Before you know it, you are an expert at it and may even end up selling your up-cycled living room furniture to others. Many businesses have been started in this way. You never know, you may just become the local up-cycling entrepreneur.
