I’ve had a fairly standard four-drawer, table-shaped filing cabinet for years. When I lived in Ohio I painted it a swirly blue and packed it full of important paperwork. When we lived in SF, it sat in the back of the garage and held old computers, but when we moved to Purgatory I decided to use it to file stuff again.
It was a tad rusty and the paint was looking pretty sad, so I decided to give it a facelift. I painted it before with tempera/water-based paints, and after sanding away much of the rust and using some naval jelly on the rest, I set about giving it a new look. I decided to go with a reddish look this time, as my the floors in my office are predominantly warm colors. The cabinet top had fake-marble-look contact paper on it and I simply covered that with a fresh layer.
Here’s a pic of it as it now sits in my office. It’s now full of warranties, computer/appliance manuals, printer paper, and lots of spare hanging folders. Thy for some reason loves to tap on it with his beak.
