House doors: 4 original ways to recycle them when they are no longer used

4 original ways to recycle house doors

Furniture and furnishing details accompany us in our daily lives for a long time, sometimes for years. Even the doors of the house are by our side during many moments of the day. For this reason, when you decide to replace them, it might be a good idea not to throw them away, but to reuse them.

At first glance this could be an impractical solution, but thanks to our suggestions you can reuse the fixtures - especially if they are made of wood - in a creative and original way. So let's start immediately to illustrate four ways to recycle the internal doors for the house that are no longer used.
Create a corner cabinet with an old folding door

A first, possible idea for the recycling of fixtures concerns the creation of a corner piece of furniture. It is a gimmick capable of integrating immediately into areas of the house dedicated to socializing such as living rooms or dining rooms. By adding a few shelves, the new piece of furniture reveals itself as a perfect support point for vases, ornaments or furnishing accessories. At the same time it is great for storing books or, in the kitchen, for tidying up pots, pans and spices.

If you use wooden doors that are perhaps a little shabby, their appearance will give the room a hint of rustic character that never hurts.

Folding doors are the most suitable type of door for this type of work. By arranging the two doors at an angle, you will have the skeleton of the piece of furniture, to be embellished with shelves to buy or obtain from other wooden objects.

Designing a coffee table from a hinged door

When we told you about our glass dividing screens, we suggested that they could be used as tables, in order to quickly obtain an elegant piece of furniture. The same idea can be applied to the swing door.

To transform a window frame into a coffee table, you need to seal and maybe repaint the door, fix it to a stable block of wood and that's it. Sanding down your old interior doors will give them a new look and, with a dab of colored paint, you can be sure to find the style that best matches your decor.
Create a headboard for the bed with an old door leaf

The bedroom is an often overlooked area of ​​the house. It is considered exclusively a room for sleeping, practically useless during the day. And yet, this venue may prove to be suitable for experimenting with original furnishing solutions. Like a headboard made from an old door!

To create a headboard of this type, you need to have a fairly large door available: those of sliding doors are just fine. Depending on the case, the panel can be cut and shaped according to your wishes. You can use a variety of waxes, varnishes and oils to embellish it all. By doing so, it is easy to quickly transform your old door into a completely new piece of furniture.

The only precaution concerns the fixing of the door, which from time to time can be mounted on the wall or directly on the bed structure. Either way, be careful.

Mirrored doors recycled

Our offer already includes both hinged and flush-fitting mirrored doors of the highest quality. It is said, however, that you cannot create such a design solution yourself using an old door.

This is one of the simplest ways to use old fixtures, since all you have to do is take a glass plate and fix it on the wooden panel. The mirror thus obtained will be able to immediately bring more light into the room, creating a feeling of greater spaciousness.
Purchase new house doors on FIP

After recycling the old doors, it's time to buy new modern house doors. The Porte Italiane catalog includes options of all kinds suitable for any home, office, commercial establishment or accommodation facility. For more information, visit the pages of our site, or send an email to [email protected].