posted on 11 February 2011 | posted in Construction and Industrial
I love working on DIY projects. I've built up a collection of tools over the years. Bench saws, drills and other tools fill up my garage.
My next project involves this hideous filing tan cabinet in my home that I need to have for reasons related to my job. It really is an eye sore it brings down the overall appearance of my home and disrupts the otherwise relaxed atmosphere by imposing more of a business feel. I have decided for a treat to myself for Spring I will spend a day completely revamping it and turning it into something chic.
I plan on first removing the drawer pulls and removing the drawers from the case. Next I plan to paint the filing cabinet body with black paint specifically made for metal and let it dry. Next, I'll paint the drawers themselves white and let them dry as well. After the paint is completed, I'll use modge podge to adhere black and white swirl wrapping paper to the fronts of the now white drawers. I'll carefully smooth modge podge over it again to give it a smooth coating, pressing out all of the bubbles, and I'll let the drawers sit again and dry. Finally, I'll attach new hot pink glass drawer pulls to the drawers and reassemble the filing cabinet once again. Now people will hopefully think I own a custom-made drawer stack and no one will recognize that it's really my ugly old filing cabinet.