When I asked my wife what she thought of the new workshop cabinet, she said it looks “workshoppy.” Okay, I’ll admit, the joinery is not as nice as I would like, but you’ve gotta love those 4″ deep drawers, and the big cavern behind those doors is sized for a future Sherline mill.
I’m also pretty chuffed about having found the drawer slides at ReStore for a buck apiece, and the cup hinges were from a previous project. All the wood was left over from previous projects, save the studs. So this cabinet cost something like $20 and some time.
I’m wracking my brain for something fun to paint on this cabinet. Ideally, I would like to be able to identify the drawers and doors by obvious names. This way I could tell someone looking for a tool, “it’s in the XXX drawer,” substituting “XXX” for something family-safe. Any suggestions?
Pembroke:87 
My friend Rob suggested:
Why not paint it like a Mondrian painting. So each drawer or door has its own colour.
Not sure if my tongue is in my cheek or I’m serious. . . . .
That’s exactly my thought for the wall on the right! It will have a whole bunch of doors and panels of various sizes, separated by ~1.5″ strips where the studs are. I figure I will paint the strips black and the doors different colours.
The remaining cabinet is going to have 5 drawers and a panel (to support the step), enough for ROYGBV.
For this one, I’m thinking bronze, silver and gold. Other ideas have included the three wise monkeys (See no evil,…). If I think about it as four panels, then I could do the four horsemen of the apocalypse, or perhaps the elements – fire, wind, water, earth…
The idea is to have some fun with the room as everywhere else in our house is somewhat drab.
Thanks for the suggestion,
Rene’
Paint it white so you can see what you’re looking at. It’s dark down there.
AH
So pragmatic!