24 Amazing File Cabinet Ideas For Your Classroom

 

Feeling the itch to get crafty? Take an old filing cabinet from your classroom and spruce it up with some of these awesome ideas. And voilà, your classroom just got a sweet upgrade!

1. You can't go wrong with a polka dotted file cabinet. All you need is your favorite color paint!

Via: Pinterest

2. Chalkboard File Cabinet!

Learn how to make it here: Design Improvised!

3. Upcycle an old filing cabinet. Add some wood at the top and make it look just like a vintage piece of furniture.

Via: 320 Sycamore

4. Use duct tape or washi tape on the edges of your file cabinet for a whole new sharp look.

Via: My Own Twist on Things

5. Use light blue spray paint and state/metro/country maps to transform these eye sores into cute sister state storage!

Learn how to make them here: QuarDecor

6. Spray Paint and Contact Paper Makeover!

Via: Sew Much Music

7. Vintage File Cabinet with Mid-Century Legs Makeover

Via: Lovely Chaos

8. Attribute a different color to all different tables. Table group jobs become much easier!

Via: mrsleeskinderkids.blogspot.com

9. Mod podge wrapping paper to your file cabinet and give your classroom a whole new look!

Via: Mrs. Lee's Kindergarten

10. Newspaper Vintage File Cabinet

Via: Home Talk

11. Motivational File Cabinet With Spray Paint

Via: I Heart Planners

12. Use strips of duct tape (or mod podge) and scrapbook paper, to transform an ugly file cabinet into an super cute one!

Via: Mrs. Lee's Kindergarten

13. Dress up your file cabinet with washi tape and label each drawer for a full effect!

Via: Glitter and Glue 4 K-2

14. Use the back of your file cabinet to hang some cute "helpers cards", "Alphabets" "Anchor charts" etc. The extra vertical space is always useful in a classroom!

Via: The First Grade Made

15. Beautiful & fun, steel craft file cabinet!

Via: Etsy

16. Because everybody loves rainbow file cabinets!

Via: Pinterest

17. Transform your file cabinets into an adorable reading nook for the classroom!

Via: Good House Keeping

18. Turn two file cabinets into another display area!

Via: Just Reed

19. Combine a few file cabinets with an old wooden table top to create this awesome countertop space

Learn how to make it here: Little Gray Table

20. All you need is spray paint and painter's tape to make this beauty!

Learn how to make it here: Pretty Providence

21. Match your file cabinets to your "commode" for a cuteness overload!

Via: Pinterest 

22. Use spray paint and your favorite stencils to make this adorable file cabinet.

Learn how to make it here: The Happy Housie

23. If you're not the most crafty person, then colored spray paint might be your best bet!

Learn how to make it here: Saddle Up for 2nd Grade

24. A coat of chalkboard paint makes labelling your drawers easy!

Via: Mox & Fodder

Do you have some awesome file cabinets in your classroom? Send in your photos to info@boredteachers.com for a chance to be featured!

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