5 Ideas for Upcycling Used Car Parts

You could be looking for a new source of home decor. Maybe you are looking for an art piece to round out a room. Maybe you desire a new lamp. Maybe you are even looking for a brand new table. You might not expect that used and salvaged car parts can be repurposed and upcycled into clever art pieces and furniture. Car aficionados particularly will love having furniture that represents their hobby.

1. Everybody has misplaced their keys at some point in their life. However, with some clever repurposing, that never has to happen again. You can take an old seat belt buckle and transform it into a key chain holder. You simply take the button portion of the buckle along with a portion of the seat belt it is attached to. This can be hung on your wall. Then, you take the part of the seat buckle that gets inserted and you clip or drill a hole in it. This can then be put on your key ring. You can buckle it into the now hanging portion so you will never lose your keys again.

2. A truck bed can become a real bed. Simply find a mattress that will fit the bed of the truck you want to use and get it cleaned up. Then you strip off the portion of the truck that you do not want to remain as a part of your bed. Add some upholstery of your choice to the sides, and you are done. The hard part is getting it into position in your bedroom.

3. If you are comfortable with making a frame, even car seats are useful for you. Chairs made out of fashionable car seats and a custom frame can be very stylish. If you try a salvage yard and find a complete, comfortable car seat, you can repurpose the base of a common office chair and combine them. Screw the base into the car seat and you have a brand new, fashionable office chair.

4. License plates are perhaps the most versatile of car parts. They can be used in sculptures, in a collage-esque art piece, or even just hung on a wall without modifications. Many modern homes use distressed pieces as decoration, and license plates fit very well into that category.

5. Tires can become a large variety of different seats. You can spray paint them to match the aesthetic of your choice and upholster them very easily with whatever you choose. A stack of small tires makes a great stool. You can attach two tires together to create a chair with a back. You can even go the old fashioned route and give yourself a tire swing.

Now the question remains, where would you find the parts for these projects? You could try a salvage yard, a junkyard, or even a used parts websites. There are an innumerable number of furniture pieces that you can create using used car parts. The more familiar you are with welding, sewing, or any crafting hobby, the more you can create.

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