Many items made for non residential purposes especially vintage pieces can be repurposed and used. These pieces are usually designed to sustain heavy use. Form followed function. Items can be repurposed. They can look very hip,edgy and yet are often very whimsical.
A doctor's or dentists stainless steel and glass cabinet can be used for a bookcase, curio cabinet or other type of display case. Vintage operating room lamps have wheels and the height is adjustable... they make a novel alternative to a ceiling fixture. Store display tables and shelving can be reassigned. A dress makers form or a mannequin makes for an interesting art piece. Office furniture is very cool... vintage steel desks can be stripped of their grey paint and repainted in bright colours or clear coated to give them a stainless steel look. Waiting room furniture is often not only well made but often has style cues years ahead of what eventually the public choose for their homes. Industrial work tables make great dining tables. Cast iron and heavy hardwood wagons,trucks and trolleys can become coffee tables or to hold televisions or other electronics. Mobile wire shelving used to hold bakery items make great open pantry storage or they too can be used for holding our entertainment electronics. I personally use one of these that is available as a factory floor mobile computer work station. It is attractive very functional, built like a tank and cost me no more then a consumer budget brand alternative. I am sure you have seen these budget work stations, perhaps at Wal-mart... made of chipboard... covered in a vinyl wallpaper... that try unconvincingly to pass itself off as wood! Lighting and lamps are often in production for decades so you get this great 1920's thru 1940's quality and look... because it has never been out of production.
from left to right...
...industrial stool
...medical lamp
...machine stand converted to occasional table
...a dentists cabinet used for curios
...metal desk and chair
...office filing cabinet
...industrial/commercial lamp
...repainted desk
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