{"id":19419,"date":"2017-03-27T06:55:14","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T10:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=19419"},"modified":"2017-03-24T20:58:56","modified_gmt":"2017-03-25T00:58:56","slug":"easy-upcycling-filing-cabinet-into-garden-storage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/easy-upcycling-filing-cabinet-into-garden-storage\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy Upcycling: Filing Cabinet Into Garden Storage"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Jennifer Tuohy<\/strong><\/p>\n

The combination of working from home and managing the lives of a family of four means accumulating a lot of paperwork. Despite my efforts to live a paperless lifestyle<\/a>\u2014via scanning and recycling\u2014I simply cannot live without a good filing system.<\/p>\n

For many years, I used a beat-up old filing cabinet stashed in our garage to store all our volumes of documents. It was in the garage because it was a deeply unattractive, tall and beige metal monstrosity. Going back and forth to the garage was not ideal, however, and when two of the drawers finally gave into the South Carolina humidity and rusted through, I decided to upgrade to an elegant, solid wood filing cabinet that I could proudly display in my home office.<\/p>\n

But what to do with the old one? Throw it away, my husband urged. I have to admit I was tempted, but after doing some research I found a myriad of good uses for an old filing cabinet<\/a>. Chief among them was turning it into a garden storage system for our tools.<\/p>\n

We have a large half-acre backyard, so we\u2019ve accumulated quite the collection of garden tools, which were scattered in various corners of the yard. I set about upcycling my old, rusty filing cabinet into a shiny new garden\u00a0storage system. It was a surprisingly simple project and cost just under $30.<\/p>\n

Tools & Supplies<\/strong><\/p>\n