We all have that junkie old dresser or desk that’s been chillin’ in the garage for the better part of a decade, but thank goodness for that slight tendency toward hoarding — because that banged-up old ...

Each week, Mansion Global tackles a topic with an elite group of designers from around the world who work on luxury properties. This week, we explored ways to find and incorporate upcycled furniture.

1. This wall unit originally had a honeyed pine varnish. We painted the main body of it with Autentico vintage chalk paint in bright white and the shelves in yellow tan for that vintage look. £85. 2.

This week, I built a DIY mobile kitchen island featuring an epoxy resin “river” table top. The island has a slim design to fit a narrow kitchen. The base cabinet is made from Baltic birch plywood, ...