Repurposing a Bed Frame

We recently moved our daughter and most of her furniture back home when she graduated from college.  One of the things we didn’t move was her bed frame and mattress.  They were old to begin with and after 4 years of living in an apartment complex built in the 1940’s that came with bedbugs, we decided we would not be moving it back to the house!

So, Hubby set to work dismantling them both into smaller sections so they would fit into the apartment dumpster.  Don’t feel too badly for him, I suspect he has a secret fascination with seeing if there is something he can’t deconstruct with his Sawzall!  In the middle of the bed frame deconstruction, I noticed a few items that I could easily repurpose: 4 wooden slats and a metal panel.

Where is that bed frame now?

Wire panel from bed frame being repurposed as a trellis for pole beans.  I had just been researching investing in cattle panels, but couldn’t justify spending more money than the product I was growing would have been worth.  So glad I waited!
The four bed slats, two cinder blocks, and a can of spray paint.
The four bed slats repurposed into wood storage for our fire pit!  Super easy project and it’s nice to have the wood neatly stored in plain sight.  

It’s not hoarding if you use the things you’ve rescued! Never you mind about the rolls of rescued chicken wire I have stashed in the garden shed!