Old library card catalog drawers

A beautiful nine drawer vintage card catalog gets repaired, stained and painted for a fresh new look. #cardcatalog #vintagefurniture #furnituremakeover #paintedfurniture #librarycatalog

Worth the wait, wouldn't you agree!? My first piece to the new year! Meeep!!! I want to start off by saying, I believe that every furniture refinisher out there wants to be able to say they refinished or restored an antique library card catalog storage cabinet, at least once. Secondly, I think it's safe to…

So I’m a librarian in real life. I am young enough to have never really used a card catalog in my professional library jobs. However, in my high school free hour, I shelved books and did othe…

old library drawers | Vintage Library Card Catalog / | drawers I love

Sometime last year, I went on this frenzy of looking for a used card catalog that I could make beautiful. In my mind, I thought that a nice big card catalog would be the perfect

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Before We have been working with Brooke Walker from Studio 5 to help her find and refinish an old library card catalog. While combing through the KSL ads one evening I spotted one and immediately texted her. She quickly made contact with the owner to let him know that without a doubt she wanted it and would pick it up asap. She debated on the color which is exactly what we have been doing with our own. Should we go black or white? Brooke landed on white and it certainly helps sway me to the…

How to clean and restore an oak antique card catalog without losing its original character! #cardcatalog #librarycatalog #antiquedrawers

This piece has been with me through many many journeys! This was first a piece in my parents home. They gave it to me to furnish in my various places of livin…

Restored Card Catalog- would love one of these and use it to display my old books complete with a vintage oil lamp.....

2016 Design Challenge Entry - Professionals Upcycled Furniture "In the end we will all become stories... Missing drawers, layers of filth, a rotting leather top, and a rusty, pieced together sheet metal back were no match for me! The leather was taken off. Rusty back peeled away. Empty shelves sawed out. Hardware removed. Thoroughly cleaned. Body completely sanded.

While I was perusing Pinterest researching at our local library for this post I realized how badly I need a card catalog. I was so mista...

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Upcycled School Furniture is a hot DIY Trend for 2014. Lockers & Card Catalogs act as storage while looking awesome and may I say very cool! ENJOY!

Over the past couple of decades, as the nation’s libraries switched to computer systems for tracking their collections, thousands of outdated card catalogs were cast aside. But many astute individuals recognized the excellent decorative (and functional) potential of these cabinets. Therein lies the inspiration for this project. Our version has genuine label-insert pulls on the drawer fronts and a simple pull-out tray for taking notes. To accommodate the storage of larger items, the outer…

the contents of my card catalog

I am obsessed with card catalogs. I have got to get one.

Library card catalog repurposed into living room dresser