Recycle and revive: Give old-fashioned furniture a second breath on life

 


It's not necessary to have new furnishings to match your home's new decorative style. With the right application of paint, even worn-out objects can be given new life and customised  to your exact specifications.

Senior Color Designer at the Global Aesthetic Center Louise Tod says, "It's about using colour in unexpected ways." "It could be painting an old set of chairs to make them a focal point in a room or finding a secondhand piece and giving it new life."

A cheap method of adding surprise


Verdant wall

Utilising  pre-existing or used furniture is an affordable, eco-friendly, and inventive alternative that's also quite simple to implement. It's economical not just because you can find unique pieces for a small portion of the cost of purchasing new, but also because you don't have to discard old furniture. Keep an eye out for house clearance sales in your neighbourhood  in addition to antique stores and fairs.

Update your furniture

Green space with a stairwell
One ingenious method to add tone-on-tone colours  to different areas of your house is to paint your furniture. It's also an easy way to update out-of-date articles. A vibrant colour will add a lively, modern twist to a worn-out side table.



Bright space filled with vegetation

Louise explains, "Using materials that aren't necessarily expensive or highly processed is one of the great things about this approach." It's also a clever way to use items you might have missed to give your area that trendy, organic feel. According to Louise, "materials like bamboo or wicker have that boho feel to them, but are used in very cutting edge design."

Furthermore, you don't have to end there. To lessen the impact, try adding plants and arranging them around refinished wooden chairs or on repurposed tables. Louise continues, "It's about what plants can give you physically and emotionally." "They simply make the atmosphere nicer and are healthy for the soul."

Redesign your furniture

Use the Dulux Visualiser  app to select the ideal wall colours  to go with your up-cycled  furniture.

If local markets are unwilling to use the "WHICH PAINTS" sections, please use the section below.

Use these paints to achieve the look:
94GY66/038 H0.35.29 / 87YY13/208 Y7.03.63 / 11RR 43/050 S0.10.50 / 87BG 27/077 / N8.51.30 / 82GG12/289 L2.18.16 / 01GG07/070 LN.02.77



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