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Thu, Sep 8, 11 at 16:20
| I would really like a well-made wooden 2-drawer one that looks nice enough to use in my living room. Does anyone make these for less than $500?!?
The less expensive option I'm considering is a metal one that I can paint black and have wood drawer fronts made for. Who knew something so simple could be so difficult! |
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- Posted by LuAnn_in_PA (My Page) on Thu, Sep 8, 11 at 18:39
| I got mine from a local store, locally made. They DO exist! |
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| I got a very nice lateral file, nice handles, sturdy on Craigslist for $35. Of course another one of those is a long shot. Prior to lucking out with CL, I was looking at Office Depot. I use mine in the den for a TV stand. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Filing Cabinets
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| I don't know where you live, but offices are closing and as a result you can get wonderful file cabinets all over from used office equipment places. If there is a big office building nearby, contact the management office and see if they have anybody who wants to unload office furniture. Sometimes the tenant just moves out and leaves stuff. I got some beautiful office chairs, cheap to replace ones that were worn from an office that was moving out. |
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- Posted by talley_sue_nyc (My Page) on Fri, Sep 16, 11 at 17:04
| I am so enamored of the high-quality drawer slides -- full-extension so I can pull the drawers ALL the way out -- of my office-worthy unit that I will never, ever, ever buy a cosmetics-first filing cabinet. Even if I have to have a cabinet maker make the filing cabinet, or I have to live with an office-y looking filing cabinet, or paint it some non-office color--I am never going to have a filing cabinet that is not completely, thoroughly, wonderfully *functional*. I almost don't care how expensive it would be. |
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- Posted by marie-ndcal (My Page) on Mon, Sep 19, 11 at 17:54
| Try to stay away from Staples or Office Max or Walmart--their filing cabinets are really cheap made but oh so expensive. I got a real nice one (metal) from a local stationary store and it was a commerical one and made in USA. Sure holds by stuff. |
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- Posted by emilynewhome (My Page) on Sun, Oct 9, 11 at 19:53
| Have you considered looking at an unfinished wood store? They usually stock furniture for every room in the house, including home office. I bought a two drawer, 30" height filing cabinet from one of those barewood stores. They replaced the drawer glides with heavy duty ones and painted it in a BM paint that I'd picked out. My DH had a 72'H bookcase finished in stain to match existing den furniture. |
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