Thrifted: Updating a Filing Cabinet

Finding my next piece of furniture to refinish is always so exciting for me. It feels like a treasure hunt, but for an adult! I found this old filing cabinet at my local thrift store and just saw so much potential with it. It had good bones it just needed a little TLC.

I started by removing the handles and other metal hard wear. The key hole lock was the only thing that seemed to be cemented to the darn thing so I left it alone.

I gave the whole piece a light sanding using a 120 grit sandpaper. Most of the old varnish had already warn off so nothing agressive was needed.

With the hardwear placed on a tarp off to the side, I gave it two light coats of matt black spray paint and left it to the side to dry for an hour.

The whole cabinet was painted in white primer and let dry for an hour.

After the paint dried I followed up with two light coats of white paint in the shade Dove White by Valspar.

The final step was to reattach all the hard wear after the paint finished drying.

The final result is a modernized piece of furniture that will make a great addition to our office in our home!