Whether you’re trying to go paperless or just make that dusty old cabinet match your current decor, that old filing cabinet is still super useful. With a little bit of love, you can give it a new life in some fun and unexpected ways. Check out these filing cabinet makeovers!
- Garden Storage – Turn that old cabinet into new-to-you garden storage for organizing your rakes, shovels, and other gardening essentials.
- Strip for Parts – Sarah used parts from her old filing cabinet to turn an old set of drawers into a much cuter replacement.
- File Cabinet Desk – Filing cabinets are a natural fit when building a desk, and Refashionably Late’s filing cabinet makeover is a very cute one!
- Chalkboard Cabinet – Haeley used chalkboard paint to turn a boring filing cabinet into a very cute chalkboard filing cabinet, perfect for keeping her schedule as organized as her files.
- Rolling Kitchen Cart – A coat of paint, a set of casters, and a large cutting board transform a filing cabinet into a kitchen workspace!
- Stenciled Filing Cabinet – Stencils and spray paint are your friends!
- Craft Counter – This is another filing cabinet-to-workspace makeover, and it’s so cool! 8. Painted Makeover – I love how Sarah used masking tape, spray paint, and wood to turn an old filing cabinet into a modern decor piece.
- Mud Room Bench – In this dramatic filing cabinet makeover, Funcycled transforms an old filing cabinet into a landing bench for her mud room.
- File Cabinet Planter – A planter made from an old filing cabinet would be the perfect pair to go with your filing cabinet-turned-garden-storage (see #1 above!).
- Architectural Makeover – Wood slats give a boring filing cabinet a sleek, modern new look.
