I had been eyeing this 8 drawer flat file cabinet in the Home Decorators Collections catalog when low and behold it came on sale with free shipping AND they let me use a $50 off coupon so I ended up getting it for $185 less than normal price. So of course I had to get it!!!!!! The coupon came in Maddie’s name, so you could say it was a partial Christmas present from the dog!
The down side is it comes unassembled….in THREE, yes THREE boxes. One box weighed approximately 52 lbs, the second box was about 70 lbs and the third box was 104 lbs!!!! Did I tell you my studio is a converted upper floor bedroom?? Between my hubby and me we managed to get the 50 and 70 lb boxes up to the studio and the 104 monster into the living room. Miss Maddie, smarty pants dog that she is, hightailed it into another room!
The next day we assembled the cabinet. We opened the heavy box downstairs and carried the parts up to the studio. We opened the other boxes and took inventory. All there and then we proceeded to assemble. It took us most of the day, and my hands were sore from all the screws!!
Dividers came for the top two drawers and here is how I set up the very top drawer. My plan was to use this drawer to hold my rotary cutting rulers and tools with my big rotary mat on top of the cabinet. I think the top is 42” x 28” and it is 36 inches high (great height for cutting – I am 5’7”) and the top holds my big rotary mat just fine. I think the top will be nice for wrapping Christmas presents next year too. It is a very nice working height. I have it just about in the center of the room and it has worked out great. I even used the cutting mat this past weekend - I am in heaven.
Notice how the ENTIRE drawer comes out for easy access to the back? LOVE IT!! It was well worth the effort, but not sure I would want to do it again - we even had to put in all the drawer rail hardware. When they said unasembled they meant unassembled! I am extremely happy with it and believe it or not it has been up since Saturday and it is NOT filled yet!!
12 comments:
Gorgeous...efficient...and what a price buster deal!!!! Enjoy!
Oh wow, that looks fantastic! I want one! (Not that I have anywhere to put one, our flat is very small!) I hope you enjoy filling it up with fabulous things!
Wow, this is awesome! I can't wait to hear what else you're planning to store in there but you're right, it looks like a great size for cutting fabric, wrapping gifts and other projects!
Oh my!! What a gorgeous cabinet~~ I love it....I know it was a big pain to put it all together, but it is an investment piece you will use forever!! Nice find and nice savings!!
Take care, Faye
Oh WOW! What a deal on that. It's awesome...super awesome!!
Great table! I love that catalog.
Beautiful! Have fun filling this up. And a great price!
Great piece of craft room furniture! Love all those drawers for storage.
Wow, what a great deal on a great cabinet!
I didn't realize it until I went to the website, but I have one of her pieces too! I wish I had room for one like yours, though.
Lovely cabinet! It may have been a pain to put together but I know you're going to get a lot of use out of it.
That cabinet is amazing! I've used the same trick with the really heavy boxes of assemble it yourself furniture. I've sometimes just carried the pieces in from the car! I didn't notice that line of cabinets before in that catalog. I want all the pieces! (Now, you can be an official craft storage furniture enabler, along with a craft enabler!)
It looks really nice. I really like the fact that it's not that big (so it is not space consuming) and it has so much space for depositing. It was a pretty good deal indeed.
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