Monday, May 7, 2012

My Tropical Oasis File Cabinet

I love re purposed furniture! My hubby on the other hand sees no point, but I digress... I found a great metal file cabinet at a garage sale a few weeks back and have been taking my sweet time to get it right, but it's FINALLY ready and I'm in love.  This piece is not traditional at all and not normal to find in my home, probably many people's homes for that matter, but I needed storage desperately so I thought I'd at least try it.  After bringing it home (at a steal for $7), I taped up the pulls, then primed it, and finally did my three final coats.  In case you are wondering, I started spraying in the sun but realized that I should have been spraying the entire time in the shade - something about how it drys too quickly and doesn't have a professional look.  I figured this out after spraying the primer, so I had no problem with it looking bad.  The color is a mix between green and blue, it's called "tropical oasis" by Valspar.  I added cut pieces from a scrapbook page to place inside the pulls, and I'm thrilled with the turn out.  I'm eventually going to add legs to it, giving a little height, but that will probably be a little while.  It was a total of $25 for the entire project.  Love it!

Adding the tape to the pulls - this took forever but worth the time

Primer coat added - sprayed in the sun

First Coat - moved to the shade

Final coat - drying

Final product!  I love it so much!

Still playing with what I will put on top, but it's fine for now.

Better view of the scrapbook pages in the pulls.

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