DIY: File Cabinet Makeover

Make your file cabinets look like furniture with this DIY file cabinet makeover! At the design studio, I need file cabinets near my desk. If not, I file in the floor. It's not a good look. But neither are file cabinets. They are. So. Ugly. So I decided to make my file cabinets pretty with this easy diy file cabinet makeover!
It wasn't hard at all! There is a complete materials list and detailed instructions in a download that you can find on the blog.
I used 4 cabinets but you can do the measurements for one or two and adjust the sizes from the instructions.


The Accomplice built a simple base with 24's and scrap wood, then added the feet.


We used craft wood from Hobby Lobby to cover the existing holes for the handles that came with the cabinets. We cut them to the size we needed, glued them on then painted.


The Accomplice drilled new holes for the hardware from House of Antique Hardware and added.


Don't you just love that hardware?


We used the traditional Chippendale bail pulls in a rubbed brass finish for the lower drawers and mixed it with the the gorgeous Lion Head ring pulls on the top drawers.


By the way, HoAH is one of favorite sources for hardware. I talked about the gorgeous hardware I used in my own master bath remodel from them and just recently I used a beautiful glass handle for a client's kitchen remodel. Be sure to check them out! Anyway, I digress.


So, for the DIY File Cabinet Makeover:


1. Build the base


2. Paint the pieces


3. Cover the holes


4. Add the hardware


Voila!


Seriously, it was that easy!!
Kellie from Design Asylum Blog
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  • JudyH JudyH on May 27, 2017

    Kellie, I am seriously addicted to Pinterest and I must say this is the most exciting, simple, versatile, and 'doable' DIY idea I've seen in a long time!!! Thank you for sharing!

  • Pat - Australia Pat - Australia on Jun 12, 2017

    Oh wow! what a great idea (color may not be my taste) but you did a FAB job :)

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