Revitalizing a Filing Cabinet Tips
$25.00
1 Hour
Easy
Whether you have an office at home or in a corporate park, this is a great and affordable way to spruce up your desk. Recently I was revitalizing a filing cabinet in my office. Check it out.
Before cabinet fronts: This is a before picture. The hardware was cheap and I have wanted to get rid of it for a while now. So I decided to give it a face-lift with pattern Contact Paper I had in my craft supplies. This is how I did it.
Then, I cut a strip of Contact Paper I had in the same directions so the pattern would be going in one direction. I made it about 1/2 inch larger on all four(4) sides. The I peeled the backing and attached it to the front of the drawer. I used a plastic credit card to push out all the air pockets.
I first changed the X-Acto knife blade. Then, I took an X-Acto knife and held the excess up and dragged the X-Acto knife across all four side of the unit. It is really important to change the blade and start with a fresh blade.
This is the finished revitalizing a filing cabinet. What do you think? Cute right? This is the image before the handles were added.
I create a template by making a copy of the back of the hardware on my printer. I used the existing holes to make sure it was centered. But the holes couldn’t be reused so, I used a larger Stanley 42-324 24-Inch I-Beam 180 Level and shorter Stanley 43-511 Magnetic Shock Resistant Torpedo Level. These are examples from Amazon if you need to buy them.
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