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Giving New Life to an Old File Cabinet with a coat of paint! Home Office Decorating.

Painting Old Metal FIle Cabinet

I was in need of a new file cabinet, but instead I found an old one….

Old file cabinet found at Re-Store for $40

Using an electric sander, I lightly sanded the surface of the entire unit.

After wiping down the excess dust, I sprayed the cabinet with even overlapping strokes in an Avocado colour spray paint.

This is how it looked after the first coat. I probably could have stopped at 2 coats, but I did a 3rd just in case!

Here is my end result!  Out of sheer impatience I painted over the hardware as well, however I actually like the monochromatic effect.

Functional and super fun against my pale lavender walls!

File cabinet and magnet board all in one!!  Gotta love a good Saturday afternoon project!

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