Library Card Files Converted to Sewing Room Storage
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A gift from my neighbor - two credenzas of library card files.
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Here you can see one of the credenzas where I removed the drawers, sanded, and primed the carcass.
Each credenza has four sections bolted together. Each section - 15 drawers. Each drawer 5" wide by 17" long, about 3" deep. Perfect for notions storage.
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Sanding, priming, painting drawers. This photo shows 40 of the 120 drawers.
Drawer fronts are wood and pulls are brass.
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Detail of finished drawers
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Two box sections stacked to make a sewing table base.
A gift from my neighbor - two credenzas of library card files.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]586100[/ATTACH]
Here you can see one of the credenzas where I removed the drawers, sanded, and primed the carcass.
Each credenza has four sections bolted together. Each section - 15 drawers. Each drawer 5" wide by 17" long, about 3" deep. Perfect for notions storage.
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Sanding, priming, painting drawers. This photo shows 40 of the 120 drawers.
Drawer fronts are wood and pulls are brass.
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Detail of finished drawers
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Two box sections stacked to make a sewing table base.
#6
From a retired Librarian, WOW! Some library's still use them but most have converted to computer usage. I always liked the card files, grew up using them.
#9
Thanks for all the great comments. The library card files have been wonderful to store all kinds of sewing notions. Makes finding things easy. I have a couple more things to share on another post about organizing my sewing space--dedicated shelves and props like a vintage doily stretcher I use to store things out in the open. It keeps me "aware" of new ideas, and projects to finish.
