Vintage card catalog

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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

Vintage library card catalog makeover via DIYontheCheap.com.

Quarter-sawn solid oak card catalog with 35 storage drawers of uniform size. The catalog portion detaches from the wheeled base for ease of transportation. Each drawer includes the original tin nameplates and iron drawer pulls. Exhibits minor signs of wear and retains original varnish. 29.5" W x 23.5" D x 53.5" H Drawers (x35): 4.25" W x 20" D x 4" H

After sitting in our garage for over a year, an old piece of a library becomes my repurposed card catalog - stop by and see how we did it!

A basic IKEA Moppe storage chest gets an inexpensive makeover to resemble the look of a 4 drawer vintage card catalog. #IKEAhack #IKEAMoppe #Moppe #cardcatalog #Vintage #IKEA

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

I'm totally in love with card catalog home decor and it's my new mission in life to find one. I've seen some pretty killer DIY'd ones, but there's just something about an original and all the history it has. In the mean time, I'm just going to swoon over some of these beauts floating around

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