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Upcycling Furniture in your Child's Room

www.recyclart.org/2014/09/upcycling-furniture-childs-room/

 

Upcycling is a recent trend which involves transforming unused products into something usable and often more beautiful than before. This is helpful for the environment but it can also be used to create fun and interesting pieces for a child’s bedroom. By using old furniture and customising it into a completely, you can create new and original pieces.

 

Build a bed

 

Image from projectnursery.com

If you set aside some time and use toddler sized palettes, you can create a platform bed for your child’s room. This is a great way to get creative whilst making something completely worthwhile too. Doing this allows you to choose which colours to paint the palettes so it may be a good idea to choose a colour that you know your kids will love.

Décor Books

 

Image from projectnursery.com

Use books as décor in your child’s room. Books have a way of bringing creativity, colour and life into a room which is why so many people enjoy displaying them in fun and unique ways. They are ideal for a kid’s bedroom, plus who knows, it may even get the kids reading!

Transform a Chair

image from Gillty Pleasure

Instead of simply throwing out an old chair why not take this opportunity to re-vamp it a little? Chairs have fantastic upcycling potential and can be easily transformed by simply painting them and changing the seat cover. Make it more personal and create your own seat cover or hand paint a fun design on the chair itself.

Storage it Up

 

Image from www.sasinteriors.net/2011/12/4-upcycling-ideas-for-the-home/

Children come with a lot of baggage…quite literally. They have tons of toys lying about their rooms with nowhere for them to go, which is why it is a great idea to come up with more storage space for them. You can completely transform an old ottoman for instance or even use a suitcase as a sort of treasure chest to store all of your child’s favourite things.

Covering Furniture with Wallpaper

 

Image from www.photowall.co.uk/photo-wallpaper/toy-story-the-gang

Using wallpaper with children’s favourite characters depicted on it can be a great way to add some colour and creativity to normal pieces of furniture. Doing this will instantly add extra life into a room and spruce up any old dreary pieces of furniture.

Upcycling furniture in your child’s bedroom offers the opportunity to get creative and it can even be done as a family activity for the kids to help out with and to get their creative juices flowing.

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Uploaded on September 17, 2014
Taken on September 16, 2014