I found the brown 2-drawer file cabinet in the Craigslist free listings and picked it up on Sunday night. I stopped at Home Depot and grabbed a can of spray paint and some vinyl adhesive shelf liner.Rust-Oleum Spray Paint in Summer Squash: $3.98
Con-Tact Creative Covering Waterdance Shelf Liner: $3.48
File Cabinet: Free
Project Cost Total: $7.46
Awesome! The directions for this little project are pretty self explanatory... But I'll explain nonetheless. I took out the drawers and spray painted the exterior shell. While that dried I stuck the adhesive paper on the front of the shelves and cut out the spots for the handles. I let it dry overnight and then brought it into work with me the next day to add a pop of color to my office arrangement!
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Inspiration for this project via House of Sarager
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SO CUTE.
ReplyDeletethanks! :)
DeleteThank you thank you! I LOVE this! I want to head out right now at 10pm to get the supplies to redo my 4 drawer legal size behemoth! Stopping by from today's creative!
ReplyDeleteThis is one of the greatest pimping I've seen in designing your filing cabinet. I didn't know that this extreme skill exist. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeletehaha thanks! i just picked up 2 more file cabinets for free... can't wait to revamp the crap out of them! lol
DeleteAmazing! Just pinned this :)
ReplyDeleteBrie @ Breezy Pink Daisies
Thank you!
DeleteOmg I love this, and I NEED to do something with my ugly old filing cabinet! Did you have to sand/prime the surface before painting?
ReplyDeleteI love it! Definitely going to try this for my classroom!
ReplyDeleteI am so excited to do this and add storage to my classroom in a cute/stylish way!! Did you need to sand your cabinet at all and did it take only one can??
ReplyDeleteThanks for such an adorable idea!!!
Just saw this on Pinterest and I'm searching craigslist right now so I can do this! Quick question though, how many can of spray paint did it use?
ReplyDeleteThis is such a great idea! I can't wait to try this.
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