~New Year’s Resolution: Get Organized!~ A new year brings promises of changing our lives for the better and many of us resolved to get our life and homes a little bit more organized. Here is a great DIY project to help you get the year off on the right foot! Turn an Old Filing Cabinet Into Garage Storage
Photo and tutorial courtesy of Trash to Treasure
What you will need: 1. Sand paper 2. Spray Primer and Paint 3. Painter’s masking tape 4. Casters (4 if converting a small cabinet, 6 if working with a large one) 5. Peg Board and peg board hanging kit 6. Scrap wood 7. screws 8. Level (if choosing to do a decorative stripe) 9. Power drill How to Create: 1. Lightly sand and wipe cabinet clean so that spray primer affixes easily. Spray with primer and allow to dry completely. Using a level, mark where your decorative stripe will be located (if you choose to do one). 2. Cover contrasting stripe with tape and spray the rest of the cabinet with the spray paint of your choice (a glossy finish looks great on a file cabinet). Allow to dry completely before removing tape 3. Cover the painted part of the cabinet with tape and/or newspapers to protect newly painted surface and paint contrasting stripes. Allow to dry completely before removing the tape. 4. Cut scrap wood to slightly smaller size than the base of the cabinet. 5. Measure casters to be affixed at equal intervals from each other along the board, approximately 2 inches from the edge of the board. 6. Mark holes with pencil where each caster is to be screwed in and affix with a washer and machine screw. 7. Using a hand saw, cut your peg board to slightly smaller than each end of the cabinet and affix to the sides using the peg board hanging kit sold in stores. 8. Mount cabinet on rolling wooden platform and secure by inserting two screws on both ends, passing through the base of the cabinet and into the wood. You can also screw several pieces of peg board into the metal slats that separate each compartment for a neater look.
Find all you need for this project and more at the Houston Habitat ReStore! 1/12/2016
www.houstonhabitat.org
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