Re-using or re-purposing an old refrigerator is one way of taking something no longer of use to you and finding new, practical uses beyond what was intended.

Using a little innovation, you can create new items that serve practical, every day needs in ways you never imagined!

Fridgecouch

With some very creative adjustments, Fridgecouch moves the refrigerator from the kitchen to the living room. Designer Adrian Johnson first found red leather seating inside a BMW 325e coupe while perusing through items at the junkyard. All he needed was something to put them in. That’s when he found an olive green Gibson Frost Clear Deluxe refrigerator, the perfect size to complete his very first (but not his last) Fridge Couch.

 

Create a pantry

Remove the door from your old broken down refrigerator and repurpose it to use as a pantry. It’s ready-made with its shelving and easy to clean surfaces. Hang it on a wall or in your pantry for a super cute and unique look.

Convert it to an ice chest

By removing all of the parts that make the refrigerator run, like the evaporator cell, compressor and condenser fan, Krafty Karina explains how she turned her refrigerator into an ice chest, and gives instructions on how you can do it too. When you think about it, an old refrigerator, an appliance built to keep things cold, is the perfect thing to use to create an ice chest.

Make it a root cellar

This couple built a root cellar for less than $10 by putting a broken-down refrigerator in the ground. They dug a big hole and soon the old appliance had a second life thanks to a backyard DIY project.

You have to follow government, environmental regulations in terms of the motor and cooling processes, but an old refrigerator can serve many different purposes long after it has outlasted its initial function.

If you have the room, your old refrigerator can provide you with additional ways to save food, keep things cool and even to store items for the long-term!

For these and other ideas for re-purposing old refrigerators, please visit the Mother Nature Network.