New Uses for Old Kitchen Cabinets

If you have recently remodeled your kitchen with new kitchen cabinets, you may be wondering what to do with your old kitchen cabinets. Many old kitchen cabinets are made form solid wood and are great pieces of furniture that can have a great second life!

I come across discarded kitchen cabinets all the time at Salvage yards, flea markets, and yard sales. They are a great source of architecture and perfect for crafting into something new!

So, here are some fun and functional ideas to use your old kitchen cabinets for!

Old kitchen cabinets make great new furniture. Try turning an old kitchen cabinet into a window bench for the kitchen. Here is an article I wrote telling you how to turn a real wood cabinet into a simple window bench with storage for your home!

Old kitchen cabinets also make a great sofa table that can add a ton of storage to your home! Here is a link to an article I wrote telling you how to transform three kitchen cabinets or more into a shabby chic sofa table. You can hide away the kid's toys, games, and even photo albums in this shabby chic sofa table!

A solid wood kitchen cabinet also makes a great coffee table. You can customized you storage coffee table with any kind of paint treatment you want to transform an ordinary kitchen cabinet into a shabby chic coffee table, contemporary coffee table or industrial coffee table with tons of storage!

Here is a link to an article I wrote telling you how to transform you old kitchen cabinets into this new piece of furniture.

Tall thin kitchen cabinets made form wood also can make fabulous kitchen bar stools. Sound crazy? Well, these simple and easy to make kitchen bars stools add a ton of architectural interest to a plain kitchen and have a great shabby chic look!

The addition of some comfy seating is always welcome even in the smallest of kitchen! Click here to read an article I wrote on how to transform old kitchen cabinets into shabby chic bar stools that will add tons of storage and comfort to a small kitchen , large kitchen, retro kitchen, and well any kitchen!

Finally, Try taking those old kitchen cabinets and rehanging them in your garage or basement. They make perfect free storage and can have a completely new life in another location at your home. You will need the work space in your home to make all of these other DIY projects from yoru old kitchen cabinets!