Re-purpose - If You

Take the old secretary desk into the bathroom and have it hold linens and soaps. 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. Better to avoid this by starting with a plan.Re-purpose - if you don’t use that L-shaped dining room maybe it would make a great computer area. The old toy box can become a footlocker in the kitchen for storage and sitting. Yes, Sonny, you can have my old set! Hey kids, do you want your yearbooks and please take the Barbie dollhouse. Paint your old coffee table, upholster the top and you have an ottoman. Sell it or dump it mentalities can be heartless and disruptive.. Take advantage of your kids moving out to upgrade your living room set. Repair, paint or decoupage surfaces (frames, boxes, walls and furniture). Many home improvement TV shows go through the excruciating pain of throwing things away. The entertainment center can become a great craft closet in the den.Be creative and you’ll enjoy your home more and will get compliments from your friends and family because YOU did it. The back bedroom will make a good office. The tall bookshelves can be stuffed with toys, piled with sweaters or refurbished with hangers for hats and coats in the mudroom. Unload that extra set of dishes, that pink dresser and even the highboy in the basement.Take those forty-inch tall office bookshelves, back.