Reggie Parry
I’ve found a collection of wonderful ways for you to repurpose old ladders that will bring a bit of farmhouse style into your home or garden. If you don’t, you can get broken down old ladders at junk stores and flea markets all day long and they won’t cost you much at all.
This is a great rustic looking bookshelf that is as useful as it is decorative and the sides are the perfect width for holding those books in place.
Just add sheer curtains and you’ve got a beautiful, not to mention rustic, canopy.
If you’re looking to add a great Pottery Barn look and feel to the bathroom, this ladder storage shelf is perfect. DIY it instead and give your bathroom this wonderful storage that has such a lovely farmhouse appeal.
Just add your birdhouses to each step on the ladder and you’ll have your own little town of birds hanging out all summer long. Imagine a gorgeous farmhouse chandelier hanging right over the dining room table!
This makes a gorgeous chandelier and one that will perfectly fit in with your farmhouse décor.
It’s not a terribly difficult project either, although you will need to have a few power tools on hand. When it comes to a country Christmas, the more décor the better – that’s what makes this ladder shelf idea so great. You can turn an ordinary stepladder, or even a full sized ladder if you have room, into a wonderfully festive display for your Christmas village or any holiday knick knacks.
Add some faux snow and clear Christmas lights and you’ve got yourself a beautiful display for the holidays. One rung of an old wooden ladder can be used to create these lovely floating picture frames.
This is a wonderful idea if you’re looking for something a bit less traditional than your ordinary Christmas tree.
You can hang lights and ornaments from the rungs and even use the steps to display cards and other decorations. Add some pinecones and maybe some burlap and you’ve got a wonderfully rustic tree. A lot of us do and instead of piling those clothes up on the dresser, imagine having this great little white ladder alongside the wall to hang them on.
The steps and rungs give you plenty of space to create craft supply storage. Two ladders on the ends of a dresser or TV stand make a wonderful entertainment center. The ladders can store DVDs, CDs or video games as well as books, knick knacks and so many other things. This is a great – not to mention easy – way to bring a little farmhouse charm into the living room. If you’re looking for a way to incorporate a rustic ladder into your décor, why not just sit it in the garden and use it to display your plants. The steps give you plenty of room for potted plants and you can add hangers or just let your vines travel up the ladder.
Then, you can fill in the spaces with trinkets if they’re wide enough or place small framed pictures inside each one. Really put that old ladder to good use by turning into the perfect herb drying rack. Put a back on the ladder between the steps and you can make this adorable little bookshelf for your kids’ rooms.
The entire look is so great and although it is a bit more industrial than farmhouse with regards to style and décor, it would still be a lovely addition to any room. If you have the room for it, a wooden stepladder is perfect for adding a bit of rustic charm to the kitchen and storing your towels, keeping them within each reach. I love this idea to add decor to the room and to give you somewhere to hang those towels aside from the oven handle.
You can repurpose an old ladder into this wonderful storage hanger for those baskets to keep them off the floor and out of the way when they are not in use. Since it’s on the ceiling, it’s not taking up any floor space and it does a wonderful job of holding laundry while it dries. You can get several hangers on each rung so it also makes a wonderful sorter for when you pull your clothes out of the dryer. Just secure the ladder to the wall and it makes an instant closet with spaces to hang clothes and a neat shelf on top for storing shoes and other items as needed. If you have a mud room or just a space near the backdoor, you can add this great ladder turned storage to give you somewhere to hang up jackets and keep muddy shoes and boots off the floor. This is a great way to bring some rustic farmhouse charm into your home and the step ladder is the perfect height to work with most beds.
This would be a gorgeous lighting solution for your front or back porch or a patio deck. That old ladder would look great on your bedroom wall holding all of your favorite jewelry pieces.
Necklaces, bracelets, and even scarves will hang perfectly from the rungs and give you loads of storage – plus it keeps chains from being tangled. It’s a great rustic look and gives you so much storage space for towels or toilet paper – or you could add wicker baskets to hold so many things. The entire look is wonderful and you can easily recreate it with an old wooden ladder and some boards to create wide shelving. You’ve probably seen those ladder shaped picture frames from Hobby Lobby or other higher end stores that cost around $50 each.
You’ll need to decide if you want your ladder painted or stained and then just stand it against the wall or hang it up and add your pictures. If you want to add farmhouse appeal to your kitchen or dining room, this is the perfect way. It’s got hangers already attached and a beautiful black metal rail to keep plates firmly in place. This is a lovely idea and gives the whole room such a wonderful rustic country look. Whether you want to keep your plants on the porch or in the house, an old ladder and a couple of spare boards will create a beautiful display for them. This is a stunning sun room or porch display and keeps all your plants together for easier watering.
I have to admit, a pot rack is my favorite kitchen accessory and I love the idea of creating one with an old rustic ladder. This is a wonderfully easy project, and imagine how much room you’ll have in the cabinets when you hang those pots and pans from the ceiling!
– then you can just stand your ladder up against the wall, or hang it if you like, and use the rungs to hold those heels perfectly in place.
This little step ladder side table is gorgeous and it doesn’t require a lot of work. Just wipe it down and sit it right there beside the sofa for a great farmhouse side table that even has storage on the steps. Plus, you can decorate it with evergreen twigs, clear lights, and any number of other things to make it extra festive.
With just a few wire baskets and some other supplies, you can create this great storage shelf from an old ladder that gives you loads of room for so many things. This would be a great catchall for the bedroom - just drop your keys and other items into the baskets so you always know where they are.
I love dressing up my front porch with rustic décor and this ladder is perfect.
It’s lit with clear lights and even has berry garland and other wonderfully country looking embellishments.
You can get this one on Etsy and it’s good for indoors or out – so hang it in the living room if you prefer or stand it up on the porch. Turning an old ladder into additional towel storage is genius and it gives the bathroom such a wonderful rustic look.
You just stand the ladder up against the wall, leaning out just a bit to keep it in place, and then hang your towels from the rungs. This is perfect for next to the bathtub or shower to keep extra towels on hand and it gives off such a great decorative vibe, too.
It’s just so welcoming and warm and all of these projects are sure to give you rustic pieces that you will be proud to display. Plus, those old wooden ladders instantly give you a rustic country feel so you can get great farmhouse style from any project on this list. Honestly, that’s something that I would have thought was useless once broken, especially if the steps or rungs were missing, but you don’t have to throw that ladder out. If you love rustic décor, you are sure to find a way in this list to repurpose that old ladder.
All of them are really easy and give you something that you need whether it’s organization, décor, or just extra storage space. If you’re into repurposing and want some wonderfully unique items to give your home farmhouse charm, this is definitely the collection for you.
