Upcycled Crib into Couch

Back when I started this site, it was all about turning something old into something new — remodeling by recycling, essentially.  Repurposing, back before the word “upcycle” was even a thing! We do manage to reuse a good amount of what we can, whether it’s reusing part of what we’re tearing out (like in our stair remodel) or turning a thrift store card table into a console table (and we  gave the same end game to an old kitchen cabinet, too) or combining a mish-mash of old and new furniture to make a built-in closet.

So the moral of the story is — I love a good repurposing project, seeing something old become something new, and the sweet Lydia is back again from Germany to show you how she made this cute couch from an upcycled crib (actually, 3 old cribs):

If you’re looking for more ideas to use those unsafe/outdated cribs, try one of these projects:

crib into bench with storage, My Repurposed Life

crib headboard magnet board via Remodelaholic

upcycled crib headboard, Infarrantly Creative

crib rails into a plate rack via Remodelaholic

chalkboard easel made from old crib, My Repurposed Life

and you can check out even more crib ideas here at My Repurposed Life. 

So now that we’ve ruined you from ever leaving an old crib sitting abandoned in a dumpster… here’s Lydia — who you’ll remember from her beautiful tiny kitchen redo!

Upcycled Crib to Couch How-To
by Lydia from Pudel-design

Hi everyone,
at first I want to thank Lorene and Cassity from Remodelaholic for featuring my post!
As I opened the mail Lorene send me, I was so excited and happy to read her request!
This is amazing!

I am Lydia Pudel from Pudel-design, 

I am a graphic designer
and I write about my projects and art.

You maybe have seen some
of my projects,

like “The carpet reveal”,
my

  “DIY Bubble Chandelier”

or  “A DIY housewarming Gift”

on Pinterest or some other blogs.

Or my Kitchen reveal, here on Remodelaholic.

Today I want to share the process, how I built a sofa for my studio, from three old cribs!

This was my inspiration photo I found on the web, but kind of got in a other direction.;)

Still love the outcome. This new sofa is so, so comfy!;)

My Dad is working as a facility manager at a couple of nursery homes and Kindergarten`s.

So from time to time he bring things back home and always asks me,

if I want to keep some of the stuff.

And I do so, sometimes.

Like this time. These beds were stacked in the garage for quite a time until I figured out what I wanted to do with them.

I used three headboards and a slatted frame for this DIY.

Two of the headboards I used as the back of the sofa and I cut two round halves of the headboards to use them as armrests. And to close the gap between the backside of the sofa.

After I screwed everything together it looked like this.

See the armrests?

And my Dad got me two mattresses as well.

As I was deciding which color it would get I sew a mattress cower from some fabric I bought a loong time ago.

And I put two big pillows I had left from my old Sofa from my living room.

So everything is reclaimed accept the new paint. BlogThis!