Another thought.....use lateral filing cabinet and use the top as a cutting table???? I'm short so it'd work for me :)

I been think of flie cabin for the longest now where to get one cheap!

Very smart idea!!

you could use 2 of these and put a table top on them...makes a good table, desk, etc and stoarage at the same time...I used an old closet door for the top of my table........

Just finished scanning my mountain of paper files and now have a two drawer legal file cabinet I was going to donate to Goodwill. Well, this great idea is going to have to be Goodwill's lost. Will donate cash in place to ease my guilty conscious.

Great recycling deriz56.

I'd spray paint the filing cabinet a bright, funky color....like coral or teal!

I have a couple clear file container boxes. One is empty but not for long! They can hold a lot of fabric.

You can also pick these metal file cabinets up fairly cheap at used office furniture stores or the thrift stores.

Great idea, but it's not new. In fact, a version of this idea was posted a couple of years ago right here, on the QB. I've been thinking about it ever since. Try searching for it. I will too. I'll be sure to post it when I find it. :)

This is so timely, because I'm in the process of revamping my space and guess what I have a few of...file cabinets! I have a bank of them in a credenza and desk unit with a couple more. I also have 2 metal ones on wheels that originally came from IKEA and, as I recall, they were cheap. I'm going to make a rectangular ironing board to put on top of them. Then, I can roll them around to close to where I'm sewing, lock the wheels and put the ironing board on top. When I'm done, they can roll back into their place and the board can be stowed away.

~ Cindy