10 Creative Ways to Use an Old TV.

Bookshelf

What is better – a book or a TV? Now there is no need to argue about it. A wooden or plastic case from an old device can easily be turned into a bookshelf: no special treatment is required after disassembling it – you just need to add another shelf inside.

This unusual composition will become an original decoration for your interior and will definitely attract the attention of your guests.

A Place for a Pet

All cats love enclosed spaces – this helps them cope with daily stress. To get a stylish house for your pet, just take out the internal parts, close one of the walls of the fiberboard and provide the bottom of the product with a soft bedding.

You can decorate it at your own discretion – with wallpaper, self-adhesive tape, paint. You can make a bed for a small dog in a larger TV.

Flower pot

A retro TV will be a highlight furnishings, if you play on the contrast “equipment – living plants”. You can place the most interesting and favorite flowers inside the device, providing them with lighting.

But the best option is unpretentious plants: succulents and cacti, which grow slowly and do not require complex care.

Mini-bar

If you want to please your guests, do it with taste – they will surely like such a stylish piece of furniture. To decorate the minibar, we recommend using not only the backlight, which will add picturesque highlights to the glass, but also a mirror on the back wall of the TV.

Flowerbed

The main effect achieved by using old equipment and furniture in landscape design is the imitation of things accidentally forgotten on the street.

It seems that they have stood in the open air for so long that nature has taken its toll and the objects have managed to become overgrown with flowers.

Room box

An old TV is perfect for lovers of an unusual hobby – creating large-scale miniatures in the form of living rooms. “Doll houses” are not intended for children: this composition is intended to decorate the interior, forcing them to carefully examine small details. In combination with a TV and lighting, such a decorative element looks truly impressive.

Pedestal table

And such a designer table is easy to build using furniture legs. They can be screwed to the wooden case from below or on the sides, as shown in the photo.

If desired, the product can be painted or the inner walls can be covered with wallpaper.

Diorama

Another idea for connoisseurs of original crafts. Usually, dioramas are made using cardboard boxes, but by creating a diverse composition in a real TV, you will definitely amaze the imagination of observers. This is the very case when you can show your imagination, depicting any scene from the movie, a sketch from life or just a landscape.

Photo frame lamp

A stylish art object can be made from a compact TV, an LED lamp and a favorite photo. After removing the stuffing from the device, we mount the backlight (you can use tape) and cut out the film of the appropriate size.

We carefully glue the printed photo along the edges. Enjoy the finished work of art.

Aquarium

In this example, we will tell you what stages of work you will have to face when using a TV as a source material for any of the crafts.

1. The beginning of work is always the same: we disassemble the device, starting from the back wall. Carefully remove the internal electrical elements, trying not to damage anything:
2. We are especially careful with the screen. We remove everything that may interfere in the future, including dividers and switches, if they go deep inside:
3. We measure the case and choose an aquarium in accordance with the dimensions. It is important to leave space for the filter, pump and light:
4. Install the necessary equipment:
5. Make holes for the wires:
6. Place the aquarium:
7. Fix the back wall, cut out of plywood, using furniture hinges. You can decorate it as you wish.

8. The aquarium from the TV is ready.

Be especially careful with the screen. We remove everything that may interfere in the future, including dividers and switches, if they go deep inside:

We measure the body and choose an aquarium in accordance with the dimensions. It is important to leave space for the filter, pump and light:

Installing the necessary equipment:

Making holes for wires:

Setting up an aquarium:

Fix the back wall, cut out of plywood, using furniture hinges. You can decorate it as you wish.

The aquarium from the TV is ready.

The aquarium from the TV is ready.

As we can see, even old TVs can be used to make worthy pieces of furniture. Think over the design of the product in advance, implement the idea “in good faith” – and as a result you will get an exclusive and useful thing.