Using the art of recycling to breathe new life into wooden and iron barrels. You can create uniquely designed tables, furniture, fountains and vases. All this using old barrels.
If you are part of that category of people who do not like to throw things away, but on the contrary prefer to give them new life, know that this article is right for you. Recycling is considered a real art, because it allows us to revive unused and worn objects.
Creative recycling
With the creative recycling it is possible to create new furnishing elements for the home and for the garden. Today we want to reveal to you some ideas for recycling a barrel, whether it’s wood or metal, it doesn’t matter. We will be able to sew a new dress on him and he will be ready again to show off at home or in the garden. Recycling a barrel will give you the opportunity to create such original pieces of furniture that anyone who sees them will envy!
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Creative recycling and do-it-yourself are two sides of the same coin, for fans this article will be a way to “get their hands in the pie” and give new life to old barrels that have been abandoned for a while.
1.Table with chairs
The first idea we want to reveal to you is perfect for the living room of your garden. You just need to have these elements available:
- 5 barrels (wooden or iron)
- screws (to put the various pieces together)
- cushions (will make the chairs comfortable
- a fairly double flat wooden surface (this will be the table top)
- circular wooden sheets of about 5 cm (to be used as a base for the cushions).
Thanks to these elements you can create 4 chairs and a nice table to place and show off in your garden. To start with, you just need to cut 4 barrels in half with the right tools. Once this is done we can begin to create the 4 sessions. You will have to fix with screws, a drill and some force, the wooden sheets on the half of the barrel resting on the ground.
Once the wooden base is attached, with a nail stapler, you will need to attach the cushions. Once this is done the chairs are ready to be used. Now let’s move on to the realization of the table. You have to take the remaining barrel, place the wood on the top and fix it. After this job you will have a nice set of table and chairs perfect to show off in the garden.
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2.Living room coffee table
Now we’re going to reveal another idea for you recycle a barrel, in this case we are going to build a coffee table for the living room. All you need is a barrel cut in half, under which you can place some pieces of wood to make the feet. Once this is done you just have to place a surface in glass above and tadà, the coffee table to decorate your living room is ready!
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3.Vase for flowers
For make a beautiful vase where to transplant yours favorite plants, you just need to cut a barrel in half, smooth the surface and fill it with earth. Then you just have to choose which plants you want to insert by giving vent to creativity. We suggest colorful plants such as:
- orchids
- rose
- geraniums
- hydrangeas
- sunflowers.
4. Dog and cat bed
Achieve a nice cot for your pet it will be child’s play, it will be enough for you recycle a barrel Wood. You will need to cut it in half, make a hollow to allow your dog or cat to enter easily, and place a nice pillow and blanket inside. Obviously you can put this bed wherever you want, your pet will always have a place to take a nice nap.
5.Mobile container
For make a container cabinet, recycling a barrel, just cut it in half vertically. At the base you will have to fix two pieces of wood that will be the support base. Inside will suffice create shelves tailored and fasten them. You can decide to add doors to this piece of furniture in order to open and close it as you please. It’s perfect inserted in the hall to give a touch of personality to the environment, but also in the living room to give the room a touch of style and originality.
6. Rocking chair
Your garden will have the possibility of hosting a very special rocking chair that you will create thanks to the recycling of a barrel. To make it you will need to take a wooden barrel, leave the metal bases and eliminate 3 quarters of the surrounding wood. In this way, only an iron skeleton and the wooden seat will remain, which you can hang in the garden. Anyone who comes to visit you will envy you this chair because it will look great original and will fit perfectly in a minimal style garden.
6 creative ideas on how to recycle a barrel: pictures and photos
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