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Reuse, Re-purpose and Repair

Wed 11 Jul 2007 - 10:58

Reuse, Re-purpose and Repair
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=John_Gordon_Anderson]John Gordon Anderson

Re-purpose - if you don't use that L-shaped dining room maybe it would make a great computer area. The back bedroom will make a good office. The entertainment center can become a great craft closet in the den.

Take those forty-inch tall office bookshelves, back them up to each other, bolt them together and use them as a room divider. The tall bookshelves can be stuffed with toys, piled with sweaters or refurbished with hangers for hats and coats in the mudroom. Repair, paint or decoupage surfaces (frames, boxes, walls and furniture). Paint your old coffee table, upholster the top and you have an ottoman. Take the old secretary desk into the bathroom and have it hold linens and soaps. The old toy box can become a footlocker in the kitchen for storage and sitting.

Be creative and you'll enjoy your home more and will get compliments from your friends and family because YOU did it. Many home improvement TV shows go through the excruciating pain of throwing things away. Sell it or dump it mentalities can be heartless and disruptive. Better to avoid this by starting with a plan. Take advantage of your kids moving out to upgrade your living room set. Yes, Sonny, you can have my old set! Hey kids, do you want your yearbooks and please take the Barbie dollhouse. Unload that extra set of dishes, that pink dresser and even the highboy in the basement. If you're moving, donate and glean your closets of those extra boxes, Christmas decorations, VHS tapes, and board games and puzzles from Aunt Nellie.

Good Style doesn't have to be expensive! So you want to save money - who doesn't? Today with all the things we're locked into paying for (insurance, medical, tuition, mortgage) it's nice to have some control. Depending on your allotted budget, we can do some pretty amazing things.

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