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Diy file storage1/6/2024 And the best part of this project is that I completed it for free using items I already had on hand. So I decided to go ahead and paint the drawer pulls and the keyholes gold, and to add a rustic wood top to make the two cabinets look more like one piece, and more like a piece of furniture. So I wanted to make these file cabinets look more like a piece of furniture, because I need to keep them in here for storage. I actually hate that my dining room/office has to be a shared space, but I have no choice in this house. During that whole challenge, I decided it was time to dress these file cabinets up a little more. You may already know that earlier this past winter, I made over my dining room/office for the $100 Room Challenge. They had a couple of tiny places around the front edges that had chipped, and I was able to touch those up with a brush using left over paint I still had. They held up really well over that time period. They lived in my dining room/office like this for the next year and a half or so. You can read all about the process I went through here. I painted them using my Homeright paint sprayer. This was during the process of spray painting them using Gray Owl by Benjamin Moore. ![]() ![]() I paid $15 for these two cabinets at a thrift store. Take a look at where I started with these two cabinets. And it took awhile, but I finally got around to doing just that! However, in that post, I mentioned that I was considering painting out the drawer pulls and adding a wooden top. The first time around I cleaned these thrift store finds and spray painted them. You might recall that I already wrote a post a couple of years ago and shared my first go around at making over these same two filing cabinets. Hey friends! I’m back today for another Trashtastic Treasures, and today I have a DIY file cabinet makeover for you with a rustic wood top, and a pop of gold. Measure and mark the center point of the flap both height and width, using a pencil.ĭraw light pencil lines across for a guide.įigure out what the center letter of your wording is and place it on the center mark and start to apply your stencils.Trashtastic Treasures are my jam, and today I have a really fun and easy DIY file cabinet makeover with a rustic wood top and gold accents for you! Once you have tape where you want it, you can opt to apply stenciling to the folder you can print out labels from your computer you can hand write the file name or do nothing more. I put the stencils on first, but I think it would be easier to put the tape on first before stenciling. With the top ¼ of the tube, fold in the corners and fold it over the other section to form an envelope.Īpply duct tape to sides, bottom, and fold flap. Put one clip on each side to hold the fold in place. Unroll the wrapping paper tube and fold one bottom up ¾ of the length of the tube. Must be cheaper, I guess.ġ cardboard un-joined tube from a roll of wrappingĬloths pins or any type clip you can find (i.e.: chip clips, paper clips) The new type is just a strip of un-joined, rolled-up cardboard. ![]() ![]() It’s not a joined tube, like that of a paper towel roll. Have you seen the new type of tube that comes with a roll of wrapping paper? Well, that’s what I used to make this file folder. Of course, I forgot to get the folder while at the store, so rather than run back to the store to pick one up (average time: 20 minutes,) I decided to make my own storage folder (average time 1 hour… if you don’t include 30 minutes for photos – plus 1 hour for posting)….you do the math and tell me, couldn’t I have run to the store and back, and been on with the rest of my day? Any excuse for DIY! I was ready to check that chore off my list, as soon as I stored all my tax paperwork into a file folder and on the shelf. We just filed our income taxes last week. Have you ever come home from the store realizing that you forgot the very thing you went to the store for in the first place? Well that’s what happened here, and that’s how this project was born.
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