Once the staple of library organization, these old card catalogs have been given new life as beautiful and unique home and office furniture.
Check out these literary treasures!
Before: Abandoned
Reclaimed: Beautiful
As a dining room or kitchen buffet
What a fabulous piece!
I love the drawer that says "NO" (that's where I'd hide my candy bars) Vintage
I love the drawer that says "NO" (that's where I'd hide my candy bars) Vintage
What's in your drawers?
Vintage postcard storage
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Craft storage
Scarf storage
Card catalog drawers are perfect for organizing small items such as votives, batteries, seed packs, etc.
Which is your favorite? What would you store in yours?
Love them all. I don't know what I'd store in them, but I've always wanted one! Love the one with the NO!
ReplyDeleteHolly
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DeleteWhat an awesome way to use card catalogs! It's amazing what a fresh coat of paint cant do. I'd use one to organize my art supplies, the tiny drawer I use is practically filled up!
ReplyDeleteI think I could easily fill up a few of these! Would be great for a kid's room too, for all their little plastic action figures, etc.
DeleteInspiring! I just saw one of these for sale at a consignment store. Too bad I don't have room in my house!
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Wow, did you notice what the price was?
DeleteI've been trying to find one of these locally. I'd pay serious money to have one if it came down to it!
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking the same thing! :)
DeleteI love that you use so many pics in each post, it provides a wide spectrum of ideas and thoughts.
ReplyDeleteThanks, I try to gather as many different ideas as I can for each post, that's exactly my goal, to show a wide range of ideas
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3rd picture down - the aqua unit with larger drawers: I would die if I could find this for pattern storage in my sewing studio. I already have commercial pattern drawers - but to find old wooden ones...Love!
ReplyDeleteI love the color of that one too.
DeleteI live in Boise Idaho and went to an indoor flea market a month or so ago and there was a vendor there who had 2 or 3 of them. I think there was a smaller one with perhaps 12 or 16 drawers for about $80, but that is a rough estimate from my memory. This event will happen again the weekend of March 24 and I plan to go back and see that vendor again.
ReplyDeleteI went back this weekend. Price was $80 but it only had 5 drawers. I got it anyway! Cool piece. Now I just need to figure out what to do with it
ReplyDeleteAt that price I would have bought it too! :)
DeleteIf you can find the same brand you can generally add other 5-wide units to it, like even a 5-wide 3-tall. Keep going back!
Deleteyes that's good advice!
DeleteI'm looking for a card catalog for my wedding for our "seating chart"! Searching everywhere online & in Southern California if anyone knows where to look!
ReplyDeleteShauna
Check Craig's List
DeleteThank you for compiling all these terrific ideas. I just bought a set of drawers and now I have so many choices of how to finish them.
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting, I hope you found some good ideas from the post! :)
DeleteWhat an amazing compilation of card catalog inspiration! Thank you bunches for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI have a 36drawer card catalogue from the Berkeley (CA) school system that I use to store a portion of my yarn stash. I love using it for this! I had previously used it to store cassette tapes, so I've had it for awhile (about 25 years)
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