Antique library card cabinet

I’m finally back with another pet post. Did you miss the series? Well some of you might have been glad it was missing for a while but I think I have some fans out there who like meeting people who feel the same about their pets as I do. And today I have Erin of DIY on...

Card catalog, file cabinet, solid oak from Chicago library, early 20th century. 96 drawers with brass pulls and two lower compartments. Totally restored maintaining wonderful varnished patina of drawer fronts. An iconic piece. Internal dimensions of each drawer: 5 inches wide x 3.25 high inches x 14.25 inches long.

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I received 2 matching library card file credenzas from my neighbor--a very generous gift. If you look closely you can see this 60 drawer credenza consists of 4 sections bolted together. I removed the screws distmantling the credenza which included freeing the top and bottom 1-1/4" boards. Mom removed all the brass from the drawers (120pc) and cleaned each one with fine steel wool. Here are 1/3 of the drawers I sanded wooden fronts, primed, and 2 top coats of satin enamel. These vintage…

Vintage library card catalog makeover via DIYontheCheap.com.

I cannot take any credit for this project at all, but I had to share it. My husband spent so much time and energy tuning this into something worth displaying. The results are incredible! Here is the before He had already started working on it before I had a chance to take a complete before. But you get the idea. The drawers were cracked. There was a lot of sun damage. This is after most of the sanding was finished. And the after...... Amazing, huh! I love it! Linking up to these parties…

Sometime last year, I went on this frenzy of looking for a used card catalog that I could make beautiful. In my mind, I thought that a nice big card catalog would be the perfect

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I have wanted a card catalog for the longest time. I have drooled over them online. I would pet them in antique stores. I could not, however, find one that would fit well in our home or wasn't one trillion dollars. My other concern was that card catalogs are p