Music is said to be the soul’s food as it releases the tension of the mind and helps us relax. And the soft tones of the guitar are the favorite of everyone as they soothe our nerves with a gentle impact. That is why we all are just crazy about the guitars, and most of us have one at home to enjoy music parties whenever there is a cheerful get-together. But if you think your old guitar has retired and it’s no more able to produce music, don’t toss it off, as there are some incredible hacks to reuse them with a better purpose.
The guitars and the guitar cases are also really fun to recycle at home to get turned into some amazing home items letting you enjoy multiple practical applications. To get access to all those tricks, you should look at these 15 DIY old guitar ideas. You can achieve guitar wedding theme decor, gorgeous bedroom display shelf, vintage guitar shelf for storage, bookshelves, lamp stands, chairs, planters, etc, all with smart handling of the old but cute guitars. So do scroll down to get a peek into all ideas to explore all the ideas to select the best one to craft.
1. Make a Guitar Planter
If you have an old guitar doing nothing but resting in your cupboard, then here is the perfect idea for it. Make this perfect guitar planter and bring quirky beauty to your outdoor spaces. The upper part of the front has been spaced out for the lovely plants. Before plantation, the planter has been painted green for that chic and yummy look. instructables
2. Scrap Wood Guitar Bookends
Even if you cannot play the guitar, you can still do a lot with it, just like these scrap wood guitar bookends to make. So take some wood and carve out a cute little pretty small guitar out of it with its front and back separated. Both these guitar parts are going to serve as the perfect bookends as a whole. See the details here! jenwoodhouse
3. DIY Acoustic Guitar Shelf
Bring back your old teen days when you were the guitar-loving person. With this acoustic guitar shelf, you can make your memorable guitar a perfect part of your home décor. The guitar’s inside is emptied and then added with small shelves with a little string lighting at the edges. Check out more details here! instructables
4. Ture an Old Broken Guitar Into Speaker
No one can throw his old guitar for being so many memories attached to it. So recycle your old broken guitar by turning it into a speaker. This guitar speaker will look so catchy and cool standing on your tabletops and playing your favorite songs. The process of turning this guitar into the speaker has been given with complete details here! makezine
5. Upcycle a Guitar Into Art
Make your old guitars are part of your home’s beauty by upcycling them into some lovely artistic creations. The guitar’s main sides are glued with the music sheet paper pieces, and the side curves are painted in some gorgeous bold paint hues. The idea is super simple and fun to work on, so catch out its details right here! craftingagreen
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6. How to Make a Guitar Shelf
Need a shelf? How about creating it out of the guitar that is lying uselessly around you? Yes, we have this lovely guitar shelf plant to bring some interesting storage value to space. Just remove the guitar’s face and then measure and wooden shelves inside to hold some of your knick-knack stuff inside it. Check out the details here! instructables
7. Repurposed Electric Guitar Into a Coat Rack
If you are not playing your guitar and it has gone out of order, here is what to do with it. Yes, repurpose this guitar and create this lovely coat rack out of it. Just grab hooks, add to the whole guitar and then mount it over the wall to use it as the perfect coat and hat rack. Check out the details here! repurposingjunkie
8. DIY Guitar Light
Nothing is a waste when you are creative and crafty. So here is the idea of DIY guitar light to get away with your old guitars in the most awesome way. From your kitchen to your porch, you can add this fixture of guitar light to any of your spaces and welcome cool vibes there. Check out more details here! instructables
9. Turn an Old Acoustic Guitar Into Shelves
Do you have an acoustic guitar that does not play anymore? If yes, then turn that old acoustic guitar into the perfect wall shelves for your spaces. Using the wooden pieces creates multiple shelving layers inside the guitar and decorates them with string light with heart layouts for a complete catchy look. Details of the idea here! dadsbible
10. Guitar Upcycled Into Stylish Lamp
There is no limit to creativity, and this upcycled guitar into a stylish lamp is the perfect example of it. The guitar first has been painted in glossy black and then treated with gorgeously patterned black and white paper at the face-off. Then adjust this upcycled guitar at the top of the lamp base, and you have your stylish lamp ready. Details here! findingyourgood
11. Easy DIY Guitar Suitcase
This easy DIY guitar suitcase is easy to let your store and organize your mini knick-knack stuff inside it. The idea is quite simple and fun to work on with a feasible list of the supplies and the tools. Just remove the guitar’s neck and then conjoin the guitar pieces with hinges, and giving it a nice painting would finish it off gorgeously. Details here! instructables
12. DIY Guitar Owl Shelf
Here is an amazing gift idea that you can make and gift to your dear and ones. This DIY guitar owl shelf is a perfect idea for recycling old guitars into something fun and functional. The guitar is painted in glossy black and then added with a wooden shelf inside to hold some items of yours. Check out the details of the idea here! hometalk
13. Making Guitar Speaker
Confuse people with this guitar speaker as they listen to the speaker noise but would not know where it is coming from? So, you need your crafty tools and the speaker’s set to work up this quite fun and useful project. You can learn the complete details of the idea here to hang this pretty guitar speaker on your walls instead of letting it rest in your cupboard. Details here instructables
14. Inexpensive DIY Guitar Shelf 
Bring beauty and fun to your walls with this inexpensive DIY guitar shelf plan. Yes, by removing the face off the guitar and then adding shelves, you would have an interesting guitar shelf-ready? Hold your pretty artifacts, decorative and vases on this guitar shelf while it is hanging over your walls and presenting a really nice and fun look. Details here! youtube
15. Repurpose an Old Guitar Into Shelf
Charm up your homey corners with this awesome beautiful, and decorative repurposed old guitar shelf. Remove the upper layer of the shelf and add the wooden shelving inside it. Then take contrasting paint hues to paint the guitar, just like this one has silver on the neck and green on the rest. Follow the detailed idea here! youtube
