We've moved 9 times in 28 years.. we were a military family ... so we have learned to repurpose many pieces/things over the years.

We have a set of three Scandinavian style bookcases that have served as an entertainment center, food storage units, room dividers, and now are the bones of hubby's office storage.

A cedar chest my dad made from scratch... from cutting the trees to milling the lumber himself... it now serves as the stand for our 46" LCD TV.

A play table that hubby built for our son 23 years ago, now serves on the patio as the "cat house" for our 2 cats.

A dinette table we've carted around for 26 years is now the "work bench" in the garage. A microwave cart with a butcher block top served its purpose for 12 years then went on to be my laptop table in the kitchen for 6 years... now it's sitting in the garage waiting to go to Goodwill.

A couple of dot coms I've found for good ideas: Unclutterer and ikeahacker.blogspot .