Marie Kondo isn’t always right. You don’t have to get rid of every item that no longer ‘sparks joy.’ Take your old windows, for instance. They don’t need to end up in the garbage bin. With a dose of creativity and hard work, you can repurpose your vintage windows into the charming decor to upgrade the look of your home.
Vintage Kitchen Display
Have you recently replaced your home’s vintage windows with modern, energy-efficient windows? Keep that vintage charm in your house by turning those windows into kitchen shelves. Attach each window frame onto the kitchen wall, along with a narrow piece of wood on top of it, to house your ceramics.
Frame That Fabric
Dress up an old window frame by replacing the glass panes with your favorite fabric or rustic quilt. Hang that frame in any room of your home to make an accent wall and refresh the look of the entire room. Remember, you don’t need new pieces of furniture or wall paint to upgrade your interior design.
Accessory Organizer
If you can no longer restore your Kansas home’s old windows, you can build an accessory organizer out of them. Repaint or distress an old window using sandpaper and then, replace the glass with chicken wire, where you can hang a bunch of earrings and necklaces. Mount this upcycled window on the wall of your bedroom. You’ll never have to feel anxious again about accessories all cluttered on the vanity table.
DIY Bulletin Board
Create a charming bulletin board with a repurposed window. Start by removing the glass panes and then, replace them with adhesive cork board tiles. Go all out with designing the tiles; you can paint or even stencil over them. This DIY bulletin board would go great in a rustic home office or farmhouse style kitchen.
Cool Coffee Table
The wall isn’t the only place for windows. Impress guests with a coffee table made from an old window. Build the box and legs, re-glaze the window, and then attach it on top of the box with a hinge. The hinged window panel can double as an easy-to-lift lid, so you can stash books and magazines inside your cool coffee table.
Hanging Garden
Ready to combine your green thumb with DIY energy? Bring out an old window shutter and turn it into a hanging garden. The design of the shutter makes it easy for you to add hooks for hanging planters. Old window frames are perfect for hanging gardens, as well. But, nail each planter to each panel to secure it.
Mini Greenhouse
Level up your DIY garden decor game with a mini greenhouse made from repurposed vintage windows. Show off your carpentry skills by sanding and priming the old window panels and building a frame to mount these windows. If you’re up for it, you can also construct a stable base to give your greenhouse a bit of height.
Out with the old, in with the new “old.” All you need is to unleash your creativity and carpentry skills to transform an out-of-use window frame into any kind of decor imaginable — that sparks joy and more.
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