The whole project cost less than $10!
I have thoughts about thrift stores.
Instead of being called thrift stores, they should be called filing cabinet graveyards.
Because EVERY single time I visit a thrift store .
And of course, on my last visit, I saw a bunch.
Did you know that filing cabinets can be almost $100 brand new??
And if you add wheels .
Ive seen them over $200.
I knew I could revamp a file cabinet myself.
NOW I also bought four $3 casters which increased the price by about $13 after tax.
But this is totally optional.
Im going to show you how to install them and let you decide.
A lot of filing cabinets are not white meaning, they are black or some other weird color.
However I got lucky with this one.
I purchased this bad boy for $5:
Heres how I revamped this lovely filing cabinet!
I recommend it just because its likely been handled a lot.
We used soap and water, plus Goo Gone.
The sticker on the front was easily removable and the residue removed.
Remove the drawers and use the painters tape to section off the area youre going to paint.
Then tape off a stripe on the far left.
Smooth the tape down thoroughly.
Now raid your spray paint collection.
Note on painting stripes: we painted them randomly, and with random widths.
Its really easy to spray paint the drawers.
Use the butcher paper to help you out.
Single out each area that you are going to spray as shown above.
Now, its going to take you some time to do the stripes, just because of the drying.
Work your way across the front of the cabinet .
then come back and fill in additional stripes if you like.
As I said before the whole process was very random.
We used the white spray paint/primer on the base.
Unscrew , prime, paint.
If this is as far as you want to go, attach the base back when its dry.
However, if you want to add wheels, keep reading!
Measure carefully inside the base of your filing cabinet.
Drill into the sides of the base/wood and add the screws.
We secured the wood pieces with three screws down the long side and one at each end.
Attach the casters to the wood with more wood screws.
Are you inspired to complete a DIY file cabinet project of your very own?
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