Recycle used wine bottles as a classy chandelier.

You are a wine drinker and there are plenty of great-looking, but empty wine bottles lying around in your basement- proof that you partied hard and drank harder! Before you call in that garbage fellow, think again. Do you really have to discard all those nicely shaped bottles or can you put them to some good use? You do need a chandelier in your basement; it gets pretty dark when you are partying out there. So look at this image, bind you bottles in a similar fashion, add a bulb in between and what you have is a special looking chandelier at zero cost!

Convert a discarded piano into a very cool shelf.

Yes, pianos occupy a lot of floor space and you do not have that much empty space in your apartment to spare. But at the same time you do not want to discard that old vintage piano in your house, because after all it carries on it your grandma’s fingerprints- the one who played the piano and sang wonderful songs for you on those cozy evenings. So what do you do? Just look at this picture and borrow the idea! Turn your piano vertical, empty out all the metal rods and everything inside, add a few shelves of the right height and voila, what you have is a vintage shelf- one that you will not find in any other house!

Use that old vintage suitcase for a cool chair.

So you have an old and battered suitcase that carried all your stuff while you roamed the world. Now that it has become old and dull, you know you cannot use it anymore, but at the same time you do not want to discard it for the precious memories it carries. The good news is that you do not need to throw it at all. Just look at the image here- that should give you plenty of ideas of what you can do with that tattered suitcase. Just stuff in a nice, cushiony mattress, add four stable legs and place it in the corner of your study. Voila, what you have is a comfy chair at minimum cost!

Cut a bath tub in half to make one of the coolest couches ever.

If you are refurbishing your bathroom, it does not mean that you throw away all your bathroom fittings. The undamaged and old washbasins and bathtubs can be turned into very useful items for daily use in your home. As seen in the picture you can turn your obsolete bath tub into a colorful sofa couch. Just cut one side of the tub or cut into half if your tub is very large. Now get suitable and attractive legs fixed at heights you desire. Throw on a mattress and pretty cushions to make a colorful couch. You can co ordinate the colors to suit your living room décor and no one will ever guess it was an old useless bathtub.

Use your favourite, old cassette tape as a coin purse.

There are certain possessions to which we get emotionally attached to. But if they become very old and outdated, throwing them away can be emotionally draining. It is also true that you do not know what to do with those items any more. If one such item is your favorite cassette tape, then you can turn it into a coin purse. Just pry open the cassette and remove the spool of tape. Then after cleaning it well, line it with a velvet cloth of your favorite color. The picture shows a colorful purse. Then stitch on a zip to it and your hep purse for carrying coins is ready for use.

 Transform that old drum set into a chandelier.

We are always taught that we should not throw thing away and we should learn to recycle them, whenever possible. But sometimes thing get so old, junk or outdated and become absolutely useless. If it cannot be recycled into a similar product with a little effort, it can be turned into a precious item in a new form. Old drums have an emotional value attached to it for the owners and so cannot be simply trashed. You can use them to make a nice chandelier as seen in the picture. You have to just hang them, remove the bottom and insert the lighting kit into it. If you are a music lover, this innovative chandelier will reflect your persona in an instant.

Convert used light bulbs into oil lamps.

Used light bulbs can be used to make oil lamps. Generally oil lamps are very useful and serve the purpose of lighting. You can have the added pleasure of styling them, the way you want them. First remove the glass end of light bulb, so that you are able to put a wick and oil into the body of the bulb. You can clean the interiors by putting some salt and shaking it. This will give you a clear crystal light bulb. Take a small flat rubber washed and glue it to the bottom to make it sit at a slightly inclined angle, but without tipping over. Now fill the bulb with oil gently. Take a cork to close the opening and then thread the wick through it. Your oil lamps are ready for use!

 Found an old piano? Turn it into a planter/outdoor fountain.

Never throw away or give away your old piano. You can remove all the keys and the paraphernalia inside the piano. Make it completely empty, clean it and use it in the garden. A Piano looks so elegant with its lovely shape and wonderfully shaped legs supporting it. Earlier it adorned your living room, now it can lighten up your backyard or garden. It can be filled with mud and turned into an incredible looking planter. You can plant colorful flowering plants and it will look enchanting. Alternatively you can make it in to an outdoor fountain. You can have a pipe supplying the water and have an artificial pond to collect the flowing water, which can then be recycled!

 Create a clock out of a bike wheel.

You can use your old bike wheel to make a great looking clock. The clock in the picture looks so elegant and stylish. You can put it on the wall and even add Roman numerals to help you tell the time faster. But it is more a decorative piece than a clock, as the position of its long hands is enough to tell the time. Remove the torque and insert the AA Battery. Attach it to the center of the bicycle wheel using adhesive tape. Cut the longer hand to around 16 “and shorter one to 8”. You have the option of having the third hand which is meant to count seconds. You can cut out the end of each of the hands to resemble an arrow. Now assemble everything and the clock is ready for use.