Friday, May 10, 2013

Decorating your apartment with recycled products


For many years now the new idea of recycling apartments and houses to make them more attractive and a little bit more chic, has become more popular. Now, for those who want to give their houses or apartments a new touch, why not try with recycled products and decoration objects?

These days, there are many shops that sell recycled products that are ready for sale and to be put on the shelf, without the need of doing it on your own. Nevertheless, many people find it entertaining and relaxing to recycle their own things, so you can do that too.

The most common examples of recycled decoration objects and things are the food or beverage containers. For example, the cans (from tuna, peaches, peas, corn, etc) can be turned (after being cleaned and painted) into a pencil holder, a little plant pot, or whatever you can think of. Likewise, the glass or plastic jars may turn into a pretty good container after you decorate it, and you can put sugar, coffee, tea bags, etc in it.

Another thing that can be recycled and that has become really popular these days is recycled furniture. Chairs, tables, and, why not, wooden stairs can sand down, painted, adjusted and turned into a pretty cool new decoration piece for your house. You can choose to put it in the living room, the kitchen, or wherever you like! Nowdays, it is really popular to have chairs of different types and colours in the living room; all of them have generally been recycled (each one of them in different ways). Moreover, the old wooden stairs, once they have been reinforced, can be good as decoration or furniture. You can use parts of the stair as shelves or put some wooden shelves on the open stairs and use it as a place to put your plates and glasses on your kitchen.

So, you can decorate your apartment and recycle all the things you want and make your apartment or house as cozy and personal as you like it to be; plus, you will be making it a bit more environmentally-friendly and chic at the same time. This is a new trend that is becoming popular, so you can find a new hobby and start recycling things, while decorating your apartment.