5 Tips to Revamp Old Furniture

Do yous receive got whatsoever onetime pieces of slice of furniture that could work a breath of fresh air? Don’t nosotros all? I receive got pieces that simply don’t check my decor or my color system anymore, pieces that don’t check my style, together with pieces that I inherited. There are bully ways to revamp an onetime (or new!) slice of slice of furniture together with I’m going to portion v tips that helped me reinvent this piece! 

We’ve all seen that classic Ikea nightstand before. I bought that slice dorsum when I idea all of the slice of furniture inward my dwelling should last the same colour. My bed, dresser, nightstands, ottoman… all the same black brown. Now my tastes receive got matured together with this slice simply doesn’t fit the decor. I idea close tossing it inward the garage sale pile, but it’s nonetheless inward bully shape, together with nonetheless then functional! New plan: reinvent the piece.

 1. PAINT – This 1 may seem obvious, but you’d last surprised how many people volition teach rid of a perfectly beautiful slice of slice of furniture simply because they don’t dear the color of the forest or stain anymore. Chalk paints are very pop these days, together with tin give notice encompass almost whatsoever complete without whatsoever leg work. Using shop bought paints way cleaning together with sanding your slice of furniture first, but it’s worth it! Paint tin give notice give novel life to a piece. For inspiration, follow my DIY Furniture board on Pinterest!

 

2. CHANGE THE FINISH –  There are so many ways to modify the complete of a painted slice that volition modify the style. You tin give notice sand together with wax chalk paints every bit much or every bit piddling every bit yous desire to arrive at unlike finished. When using shop bought paints, yous tin give notice conduct anything from matte to high gloss. Matte options volition hid whatsoever of those imperfections – perfect for older pieces. Eggshell together with satin paints resultant inward a glossy, mirror-like finish. Glossy paints are fifty-fifty smoother together with to a greater extent than reflective. On the slice below, I used a black wax together with a teensy chip of sanding over my chalk paint.

3. ADD NEW HARDWARE – Look dorsum at the “before together with after” photograph inward a higher identify to run across simply how of import novel hardware tin give notice be. I used the same hardware on this slice every bit I used on my wardrobe together with it tied the room together perfectly. One shiny novel knob tin give notice build a drawer hold off custom made. Your local hardware shop volition receive got loads of options, but my favourite identify to hold off for knobs is Anthropologie!

4. DRESS information technology UP – The pigment together with finishing added novel life to your piece, at in 1 lawsuit add together some character! Paint the shelves or the within of the drawers a unlike colour.  Line the drawers amongst cloth or wallpaper. Add a stencil or practise your ain designing amongst chalk pigment (don’t forget close my furniture pinterest board for inspiration!). On the Industrial Side Table I lately posted about, I forest together with imitation bolts to add together a build novel industrial fashion top to the side table. Get creative!

5. RE-STYLE  – Sometimes all it takes to revamp an onetime slice of slice of furniture is some novel accessories. Put the slice inward a unlike room together with change-up the decor. I dear to fashion almost all of my slice of furniture amongst greenery (living or not!), together with photos. The ii pictures below exhibit how I styled the same nightstand inward ii unlike ways – 1 to look to a greater extent than feminine together with 1 to look to a greater extent than masculine. Simple re-styling gives the slice an alone unlike feel.

Good luck amongst your slice of furniture projects!

Make certain to come upward run across how I transformed an onetime side tabular array into this beautiful Industrial Side Table!