Redesign old furniture and spice it up in a great way
Achieve wonderful new look by redesigning the old furniture
Garages and flea markets, but also our own cellars and the apartments of grandparents and parents are often full of great old furniture. They are retro style or sometimes have a rather universal design.
It is enough only that they are redesigned or, if necessary, restored and inserted into the new, very modern ambience.
Do you allow us to share some basic tips for the redesign of the old furniture? They are based on our experience of doing wonders out of old things with a few simple tricks.
Remodel old furniture
Too many vintage details sometimes have to go away
Vintage is a style that is loved by so many people. But others do not like him at all and may even perceive him as repugnant. If you belong to the second group and yet have many old furniture made of precious materials, then you have other alternatives. With foils and colors you could give the old pieces of wood a very current look. Caution is required when it comes to rare pieces.
Vintage furniture in the modern interior
If you have a side table that can be found everywhere on the flea market, then it has no great value. It would not be so bad to transform it. If it is rare for details, you should check if it would not be worth it to sell it at a high price.
Living room furniture and coffee tables in retro style
The rocking chair of the grandma
Did you want to spend more and more time in the rocking chair of your grandmother? Maybe you have this chance, but the steel somehow does not match your interior design any more. Or is it? With a new modern color and upholstery you can achieve a great effect. These should correspond with the remaining equipment. The retro shape would then enroll almost in any ambience.
Breathe new life into the old rocking chair
Renew surfaces of the dressers
Old chests of drawers should not be confused with their classic design features. But you can also look modern. Take the playfulness of the drawers and give them a more modern face. That can be done simply by new painting. Also consider patterning and all-new colors that better integrate into the ambience.
Use bright color accents
New fresh painting
The pastel shades have a delicate aura
Combine a neutral color with gold accents
Geometric figures in color
Better than new
Understanding
When you restore old furniture, there are some basic rules that you should follow. In the first place you should respect the old character of the furniture. No matter how much you renew and work on it, age usually radiates through forms or other aspects. You should therefore choose a color or paint that is modern and has some relation to the original style. For example, orange. The shading is modern and has a relation to the vintage spirit. So she would be a great choice. At the moment you can also choose from many different shades at Orange.
Give the old wooden chairs a special character
Alternatively, you might be looking for a contrast between modernity of color and antiquity of form. Thus, you also give the latter a great importance.
Restore your old furniture
Color wood furniture in bold shades
Often one rejects this possibility when it comes to the renewal of old wooden furniture. Because you are used to putting the natural color of this material on a completely new level. But if you already have plenty of it, you could afford this playful aspect as well. A cushion or modern-looking accessories on it, would provide an excellent finish.
Bring powerful colors into play
And create interesting patterns
Make open shelves from old pieces of furniture
Restoring old furniture can also be done by only getting part of it. Old wardrobes often have dilapidated doors, but at the same time they are quite safe inside. Remove the broken or rotted parts and paint the insides. Enjoy your new open shelves.
Hallway furniture with retro design
Give the old bed a new life
Old bed designs often have beautiful frames, but old and healthy mechanisms. New bedding and mattresses, as well as new chic linens and duvets but could do wonders.
The bedroom furniture will miss new look
A chic vintage dresser
Refresh Retr wooden chests of color
Old becomes new
Wardrobe with deer print
Clearly the vintage style is trendy
Building a suitcase chair yourself – creative DIY projects
Side table with casters – all you need is a wooden box
Tinker open shelf from three drawers
Table lamp With linen lampshade in country style
Tinker wooden table with glass pane from the old piano
The tables from old Singer sewing machines are very popular
Another interesting example
Use the old wooden door as a table top
