Second life ideas for your furniture

Want to get back into your interior, but you don't want to part with your furniture? There is a solution to give your furniture a new look: raise it to give it a second life. La Fabrique des Pieds has prepared a small selection of possibilities for you, depending on the size of furniture you have, we hope to inspire you and give you some great ideas for mini-renovations.

SMALL FURNITURE

1. Salvaged furniture

The fact of recycling crates and pallets is more and more in the era of time with the trend of upcycling. Upcycling is giving a second life to a damaged or unused product. It is an eco-responsible practice. In order to pimp them and not leave them in a corner, many people use them as storage in the living room to put books or plaids in. Or as in the second photo, create an intermediate floor to arrange decorative elements. The little extra of these two pieces of furniture is the fact that they are raised with square feet of 15 cm. This enhancement gives the impression that these creations are furniture in their own right.

Photo credit : Right -@berenicegriffon

2. Vinyl furniture

Make a good piece of furniture to showcase your beautiful vinyl records and your favorite music accessories. To make this piece of furniture, the idea starts from a very basic piece of furniture which is generally placed on the floor. This time, to give it a little more height and visibility, it is enhanced with 15 cm square feet.

3. The vintage library

Discover the old sideboard in the colors of the 70s renovated into a library. Raise with 15 cm hairpin legs, the rendering is more modern and totally trendy. A piece of furniture which stands out from the rest!

Photo credit : @jijuandco

4. The bedside table

Add color to your furniture by choosing colored legs to give them a new look. For this bedside table, 15 cm golden hairpin legs have been fixed in order to raise it to the height of the bed. As a result, the feet give it pep thanks to the marriage between gold and white.

MEDIUM FURNITURE

1. The bathroom cabinet

Add height to your bathroom with your vanity unit. Generally fixed to the wall, the addition of 40 cm reinforced hairpin legs allows to ensure the hold of your furniture over time. In addition to this, the legs match the ambience of the bathroom completely, enough to create a real harmony of colours.

2. The daybed

Give your chaise longue a new look by changing its feet. By enhancing this beautiful and large armchair with the 15 cm conical legs you will give it height and ensure your well-being when you take a nap on this chaise longue!

Photo credit : Jibé Denis

3. A storage console

A console is the essential in your interior and more specifically in your entrance. But for some time you have this TV cabinet that you no longer use. A idea for a second life for this piece of furniture by adding two thin flat iron feet to give it a little more height and charm. So all you have to do is to find a use so that it suits you best. Eventually, you did recovery in your own interior.

4. The vintage dresser

Get inspired by a beautiful old dresser to put all your dishes. Having this piece of furniture adds so much history and charm to your kitchen. A small renovation is still necessary: a little paint with water green, very fashionable, vintage handles as well and 4 15 cm hairpin legs, to elevate the cabinet and give it a more modern look.

LARGE FURNITURE

1. A totally modern cabinet DIY

A beautiful DIY to create the wardrobe that meets all your expectations. This DIY is an IKEA HACK made with two IVAR furniture, placed on top of each other. The most of this DIY is to raise this creation with thin flat iron for easy access to your clothes. The DIY is finalized with the graphic touch mixing the wood of the furniture and the paint, which gives a very modern touch to this piece of furniture!

Photo credit :@white_and_wood_home

2. The storage area

Create a space to store your belongings or your decoration with the assortment of two identical pieces of furniture placed side by side and both raised with the 15 cm square feet in order to give height to the storage and modernity in addition.

Photo credit :@laly.home.deco

3. The wood and white wardrobe combined with gold

A pretty wardrobe installed in a corner of the room reserved for it, mixing wood, white and gold through the handles of the sliding doors and the 15 cm hairpin legs which enhance it.

Photo credit :@chinemoisitupeux

4. Vintage lockers in the bathroom

A very good idea for storage in the bathroom with the vintage locker recovery. Modernity is added to these lockers with a touch of greenery and also thanks to the < a href="https://www.lafabriquedespieds.com/gb/91-in-15-cm/82-square-table-leg-15-cm.html" target="_blank"> feet 15 cm square in white which are fixed to give greater height to the lockers.

Photo credit :@loisel_industry

LONG FURNITURE

1. The famous hall cabinet

You have already seen it and you may already have it at home, the box cabinet, from the Swedish giant, in the entrance. Very useful, it is used to store your shoes, belongings exterior… In addition, it is possible to sit on it as if it were a bench to be able to dress simply. It is a practical piece of furniture on which you can add decoration on the top, with a bench of greenery for example. In addition, the aesthetics of this piece of furniture depends on the choice of bins to fill the boxes. To finish with the choice of feet in order to raise it, here, the 15 cm conical legs.

2. The modern TV stand

The modernization of this TV cabinet is very simple. Initially, the white TV cabinet was placed on the floor, which is not facilitated by the white of the wall between the piece of furniture and the TV hanging on the wall. This is why the cubic structure is added to give height to this piece of furniture and create real harmony in the living area of the apartment, in connection, in particular with the coffee table.

Photo credit :@amandine.ae

3. The storage cabinet in the living room

We always need storage, and that, in every room of the house. Here, we find ourselves in the living room, with a very beautiful storage unit. It can also act as a dresser or simply a more classic storage unit. The thin flat iron legs in black are there to highlight this piece of furniture and give it a new look, which is accentuated by the decoration with the vases of different shapes.

Raising a piece of furniture adds charm, creates real harmony with the whole room, but above all raises it for practical or aesthetic reasons. It's a simple way to give your interior a new look at a lower cost! So what's your next mini-renovation?