Colors of Curacao

Recycling: Furniture Before & After


I am very excited to share this post with you guys! So, this is one of my favorite things to do (when I have time): Recycle, change, and renew furniture.


One of the examples I can show you today is my "third-time's-a-charm" drawer make over. You won't believe this, but I found this drawer in the hallway of my previous apartment building. Someone had actually thrown it away. I can't understand why, it was in perfectly good shape and had a lot of potential. I decided that I could not let it stand there, all alone, in the hallway. So I gave it a warm home to live in.


Before:
This is what the "orphan" looked like when I first took it in. 

After re-doing my previous apartment one time, I decided to give it a bold color. As you can see I even added new drawer handles to the drawers. This red/orange color added a great accent color to my neutral apartment. 


After 1:

As if this wasn't enough, the orphan got another make over, 1 year later. Take a look at this beautiful blue/green/grey color. I took a color that was 2 tones darker than the color of the wall. This makes the drawer fit perfectly in the room. Don't you just LOVE the color?


After 2:

Is this the color that the drawer is going to be for the rest of it's life? NO, certainly not! I don't know what its future will bring, all I know is that I love to see it in different colors and interiors. I hope to have inspired you to recycle your furniture. As you can see it is ridiculously easy and, most importantly, good for the environment and your interior to play with your furniture instead of throwing it away. 


Over and out.