Do you have quite a few keys that belong to old locks lying around the house? Am I a memory you don’t want to throw away? If you don’t know what to do with it, you are in the right place: we at Pianeta design will take care of giving you some useful suggestions. Read also our proposals for recycling old keys: let yourself be inspired!
Don’t think about the keys as useless objects indeed they are full of wonder. Starting from the keys you can create something truly unique and original: from jewels to frames, from vintage-effect hinges to a practical empty pocket to wall decorations.
You can repaint them however you like to get the desired effect. What do you say to dive into this new adventure of recycling? Let yourself be surprised by many ideas that you can realize!
1. Keychain
Let’s start with the creation of a cute keychain starting with the keys themselves. An original way to welcome home and always keep the keys in order. Needed:
- wooden board
- keys
- screws
- screwdriver
With a tape measure, take the length of the desired wooden board or base well and divide the space by how many keys you intend to hang. Then heat the keys and bend the tip, like a hook, using a clamp and pliers. You can easily hang the bunches of your keys on it and it is immediately ready for use!
Read also: Recycling what a passion: many ideas to create toys
2. Jewelry
The second project it is much more romantic and elegant. A little manual skills and imagination are enough for to achieve the most beautiful jewelry practically at no cost. Jewels, and women know it well, are essential to create an unmistakable style, your style, and if you can’t find the right ones around, why not try DIY?
Making unique pieces is rewarding but also a lot of fun! Get the right material: there are practical kits around to help you in the making of necklaces, bracelets, earrings and rings and let the fun begin. Using keys as raw material will ensure a delightful vintage effect: why not try it?
3. Empty pockets
And we are already halfway there: in the following project you will find an excellent one ally for your order in the house. Here a little more manual skills are needed due to the fact that the shape must be well studied, complete with a project and precise measurements, and a nice nest of keys. How about making a practical with us empty pockets?
Minimal, modern, very useful and perfectly adaptable to any style: you will not be able to resist its charm. It all depends on the number of keys you have:
- width of the base e
- more or less high edges.
Help yourself with a bowl you already have to give it the right shape and join the keys with a good glue: the result will be surprising!
You may be interested in: Recycling of wooden wine boxes: 7 ideas + 1
4. Shabby shic picture
If in your grandmother’s attic, in an old trunk, you have found some very special keys and you want to put them on display, why not frame them? Or better to realize with them some original squares.
And if you love the romantic style of Shabby chic, that’s it! You can have fun making truly unique pieces with your keys and you don’t even need a lot of manual skills! Create the right atmosphere in just a few steps. The alternative? Hook your keys directly to the walls creating unique decorative solutions!
Do you want design advice on how to furnish? Join the group
5. Frame decorations
Another creative idea is to use your old keys for embellish some remains frames or make your own. There are several materials you can use to create them: cardboard, wood, polystyrene as well as different are the recycled materials you can use to embellish them: shells, flowers, acorns, buttons, cutlery or, in our case, keys.
How about, for example, personalizing an old mirror or framing some photos in a completely personal and creative way? Get to work all you need is imagination, a lot of patience and a lot of glue!
Bright idea +1
And we have reached the last brilliant project. How about lighting the room with a nice chandelier surrounded by so many jingling keys? We thought of it like this: one iron spiral to attach yours keys but there are so many solutions that you can also create according to your needs.
Beautiful and practical, for example, the version table lamp or small abat jour with a soft light to be inserted in the center designed to create the right soft atmosphere at home and only in some strategic points. Perfect for an industrial style don’t you think?
Old keys recycling: photos and images
These that we have proposed to you are only some of the ideas you can put into practice starting with your old keys. An original, practical and sometimes romantic way to not be separated from them. Try to make what you like best but first take a peek at the other images in the gallery: let yourself be surprised!
Do you have quite a few keys that belong to old locks lying around the house? Am I a memory you don’t want to throw away? If you don’t know what to do with it, you are in the right place: we at Pianeta design will take care of giving you some useful suggestions. Read also our proposals for recycling old keys: let yourself be inspired!
Don’t think about the keys as useless objects indeed they are full of wonder. Starting from the keys you can create something truly unique and original: from jewels to frames, from vintage-effect hinges to a practical empty pocket to wall decorations.
You can repaint them however you like to get the desired effect. What do you say to dive into this new adventure of recycling? Let yourself be surprised by many ideas that you can realize!
1. Keychain
Let’s start with the creation of a cute keychain starting with the keys themselves. An original way to welcome home and always keep the keys in order. Needed:
- wooden board
- keys
- screws
- screwdriver
With a tape measure, take the length of the desired wooden board or base well and divide the space by how many keys you intend to hang. Then heat the keys and bend the tip, like a hook, using a clamp and pliers. You can easily hang the bunches of your keys on it and it is immediately ready for use!
Read also: Recycling what a passion: many ideas to create toys
2. Jewelry
The second project it is much more romantic and elegant. A little manual skills and imagination are enough for to achieve the most beautiful jewelry practically at no cost. Jewels, and women know it well, are essential to create an unmistakable style, your style, and if you can’t find the right ones around, why not try DIY?
Making unique pieces is rewarding but also a lot of fun! Get the right material: there are practical kits around to help you in the making of necklaces, bracelets, earrings and rings and let the fun begin. Using keys as raw material will ensure a delightful vintage effect: why not try it?
3. Empty pockets
And we are already halfway there: in the following project you will find an excellent one ally for your order in the house. Here a little more manual skills are needed due to the fact that the shape must be well studied, complete with a project and precise measurements, and a nice nest of keys. How about making a practical with us empty pockets?
Minimal, modern, very useful and perfectly adaptable to any style: you will not be able to resist its charm. It all depends on the number of keys you have:
- width of the base e
- more or less high edges.
Help yourself with a bowl you already have to give it the right shape and join the keys with a good glue: the result will be surprising!
You may be interested in: Recycling of wooden wine boxes: 7 ideas + 1
4. Shabby shic picture
If in your grandmother’s attic, in an old trunk, you have found some very special keys and you want to put them on display, why not frame them? Or better to realize with them some original squares.
And if you love the romantic style of Shabby chic, that’s it! You can have fun making truly unique pieces with your keys and you don’t even need a lot of manual skills! Create the right atmosphere in just a few steps. The alternative? Hook your keys directly to the walls creating unique decorative solutions!
Do you want design advice on how to furnish? Join the group
5. Frame decorations
Another creative idea is to use your old keys for embellish some remains frames or make your own. There are several materials you can use to create them: cardboard, wood, polystyrene as well as different are the recycled materials you can use to embellish them: shells, flowers, acorns, buttons, cutlery or, in our case, keys.
How about, for example, personalizing an old mirror or framing some photos in a completely personal and creative way? Get to work all you need is imagination, a lot of patience and a lot of glue!
Bright idea +1
And we have reached the last brilliant project. How about lighting the room with a nice chandelier surrounded by so many jingling keys? We thought of it like this: one iron spiral to attach yours keys but there are so many solutions that you can also create according to your needs.
Beautiful and practical, for example, the version table lamp or small abat jour with a soft light to be inserted in the center designed to create the right soft atmosphere at home and only in some strategic points. Perfect for an industrial style don’t you think?
Old keys recycling: photos and images
These that we have proposed to you are only some of the ideas you can put into practice starting with your old keys. An original, practical and sometimes romantic way to not be separated from them. Try to make what you like best but first take a peek at the other images in the gallery: let yourself be surprised!
