6 Things You Can Do with Old Furniture

A house feels incomplete without attractive and comfortable furniture. Your chairs, tables, sofas, dining furniture might get old with the passage of time and ultimately, you have to recycle them. There are many ways of dealing with old worn out furniture. Some of the best possible solutions have been discussed for you as below.

1. Sell It to a Friend or Anyone Needing It

If you are in need of money and want to buy expensive new furniture, then this is the best option. You might find a lot of people that need your old furniture. You can look for someone in your social circle, someone in your family or you can simply post an ad on the

internet. You can even sell it to a needy person at cheap rates.

2. Consult a Good Carpenter

People often look for buying brand new chairs, tables, and other furniture accessories instead of repairing the old one; for it takes a little effort in re-conditioning them just like newer ones.  You can consult and hire a good carpenter in your locality. There are a number of ways of recycling or reusing old worn out furniture items. You have to take the services of an experienced carpenter who can fix, remold and repaint/polish your furniture.

3. Donation

Nowadays, there is a lot of room for charity donations. It can be monetary, as well as any other form of donation. There are many homeless people around our locality or in fact, you can find even more in your city. Just find the right ones and donate your old furniture to them. You can even find a trustable charity organization for furniture donations.

4. Furniture Exchange Shops

Another good option for recycling your old furniture is to take it to the furniture exchange shops. It will benefit you with two things. Firstly, you will get rid of your old furniture items. Secondly, they will compensate for the old furniture by giving you price adjustments in the new furniture items. Just find a reliable furniture exchange shop and enjoy new furniture while replacing the old one.

5. Environmental Rubbish Control Companies

There are many governmental as well as non-governmental organizations that offer free or paid rubbish collection service who picks up old furniture. You just have to inform them about the worn-out furniture items present at your home. They will collect and dispose of your articles without any mess. They might reorganize the wood from your furniture and build a creative tree house for a charity organization.

6. As a Fuel

If some of your furniture items are so worn out that they cannot be recycled, then this is the only option left. For instance, you have an old chair; you can break the chair in small burnable wooden blocks or planks. Just put them in your fireplace and enjoy the warmth with a cup of tea in your hand. You should ensure that the furniture you are burning is not painted at all. In case it is painted with synthetic paint, it will create problems for the environment.

As per our experience, just contacting a service who picks up old furniture or do air conditioner disposal NYC is the most stress-free way of getting rid of old or unusable furniture.