A couple of weeks ago we were driving home through the streets of North London and I spotted a pile of wooden boxes by the side of a skip. I’m not sure what made us stop but we reversed back down the road and I got out to take a closer look. There was an old wooden tabletop file cabinet and a wooden crate. I’m not sure what the etiquette is regarding taking unwanted items from the roadside but as there was no-one around to ask we put both items in the car boot and went home. The crate didn’t last long as it turned out to be a modern crate made to look old but the vintage filing drawers were a real find.
We washed the unit, stripped off the old layers of varnish, sanded, and then gave the unit a new coat of varnish. We replaced the metal finger drawer pulls as one of them was damaged. Each of the drawers contains some kind of metal runner for information cards and we left these in.
The wood has a lovely mellow colour and the unit looks great and is currently being used to house our DVD collection!
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I love it. I wonder who owned it before you. Do you think a doctor could have stored his files in it?
I hadn’t really thought about who had previously owned it. It’s such a lovely sturdy object, whoever had it kept it in good condition.
How cool that your dvds fit into the drawers! Love the piece!
What a great find! It’s beautiful.
Gorgeous! I absolutely love it.
Oh my goodness!! What a fantastic find! I’m always on the lookout for “things with drawers”, and these are just perfect!
Wow! Great find and great makeover. The wood came up beautifully. Well done, I am most envious.
Madison xxx
Oh it’s lovely – what a lucky find x
Wow, what a find! My husband bought one that looks just like that off ebay a few years ago for me. I think he paid around $80. There were some medical papers stuffed back in the drawer from the 1960’s. It was probably froma doctor’s office so, maybe yours was used in a doctor’s office. A fabulous find for sure! 🙂
I’m very jealous, love it!
Did you hear me gasp??? That is amazing!! On the side of the road??!?! What a find!!
What an amazing find and for free too, jealous! x