What to make from an old refrigerator: 13 practical ideas

Sooner or later, any refrigerator has to be changed - either because it is out of order, or because it is simply out of date. You can throw out your used equipment, but there is another option - give it a second life. Consider what you can do from the old refrigerator - there are quite a few options, and everyone will find something for themselves.

The simplest thing is to use an old refrigerator as a cabinet. What you will keep in it is up to you.

Cupboard from an old refrigeratorCupboard from an old refrigerator

A small refrigerator or part of it can make an excellent toy house.

Dollhouse from an old refrigerator

Spent your equipment can even be used as a counter.

Counter from an old fridge

The old fridge will make a great box. The door can simply be removed, another option is to saw through the hole in it.

Box from the old refrigerator

A greenhouse made from an old refrigerator will reliably retain both heat and moisture.

Greenhouse from an old refrigeratorGreenhouse from an old refrigerator

To make an incubator, just place a few light bulbs in the refrigerator and bring electricity to them.

Incubator from an old refrigerator

The next option is similar to an incubator, but structurally different. In such a box, under constant lighting, plantings will grow very quickly.

Growbox for growing plants from an old refrigerator

At the cottage or in a country house, the old refrigerator can be used to grow flowers or vegetables in it.

Garden beds in old refrigeratorsBed in an old refrigerator

An old refrigerator is good for smoking meat and fish. If you need cold smoking, you need to place a furnace a few meters away, from which smoke will go into the refrigerator through a long pipe.

For hot smoking, just put a tile on the bottom of the refrigerator, and put a saucepan with sawdust on it. When it warms up, hot smoke will go.

Smokehouse from an old refrigeratorSmokehouse from an old refrigerator

Another option for using your spent refrigerator in the country, in a country or private house is to make a hive. The work will be required to a minimum, for example, to make holes through which the bees will fall in and out.

Beehive from an old refrigerator

Another option is to put a gas bottle in the former refrigerator.

Box for storing a gas cylinder from an old refrigerator

If you fill the compartment with ice, you can cool drinks. To give the design a more interesting look, it must be decorated - for example, sheathed with wood.

Box for cooling drinks from an old refrigeratorBox for cooling drinks from an old refrigerator

And finally - if the refrigerator is still working, but you want something new, you can simply refresh its appearance. For example - paint or paste over with a film.

The idea of ​​updating an old refrigeratorThe idea of ​​updating an old refrigerator

Thus, with a little effort, you can turn the old refrigerator into something new. And then he will be able to serve for many more years, delighting you already in a different capacity.

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