D.I.Y. Office Furniture

Do It Yourself...... I'm really not one for throwing things away, I can see the potential and try and make them new again.  Sometimes it works out great and other times it's an epic fail.  Happy to say these were a keeper.

I found this old two-drawer metal filing cabinet at a garage sale a couple of months ago so I snagged it for my daughter who needs one for her office.

It was in pretty good shape, a few scratches on the top, but no dents.  I bought a can of black and a can of red spray paint and scoured up the entire cabinet with a sander so that the paint would adhere a bit better.

I removed the drawers and taped over the handles.  Spray painted them with 3 coats of the black spray paint.  Let each coat dry thoroughly before adding another coat (approximately 2 hours in the sun).

I sprayed the cabinet with one layer of grey primer before painting it with 3 coats of the red spray paint.

I really love how it turned out and it was so easy to do.  I have a couple more in MY office that could use a facelift!

After I put the drawers back in, it just seemed like it was missing something, so I cut out the vinyl lettering with my Cricut machine using the "Printing Press" cartridge. 

I think it will look great in my daughter's office.  But..... you can't have a new filing cabinet without a new desk chair to match so I took this old steno chair from the basement.  This chair was destined for  the dump all because the seat was stained...... 

So... I removed the seat and recovered it in a much cleaner and brighter indoor/outdoor fabric, and it's perfect!