Completed Workbench

Previously I had posted about re-purposing a set of 50's vintage GE steel kitchen cabinets into a workbench in my garage. At that point, I had joined two lower cabinets together and attached a nice piece of birch plywood to the top. I now applied a couple coats of polyurethane to the birch plywood, and then took a piece of pegboard that was in one of the other cabinets, painted it and mounted it to the back. Here's a look.....keep in mind that 90% of the tools and kitsch on that wall is from Estate Sales. Maybe I should call this the dead man's workbench. Total cost came to about $40 if I factor in the cost of the cabinet ($12), the plywood ($15), and the pegboard tool holders ($13).

Still have three more cabinets to find  homes for. Somewhere a wall is screaming for storage.....

Re-purposed GE Kitchen Cabinet

A while back I installed some of my 50's vintage metal GE cabinets in our basement. Still have half a kitchen of cabinets remaining. I hadn't had a chance to figure out where to put them. I came up with an idea after the one who must be obeyed kicked me out of the basement after I used some really strong cleaning solvent on one of my guns. I figure that I had just the right amount of space and the right configuration to assemble a work bench of sorts in the garage. I took two of the cabinets, joined them together and put a piece of  2' x 4' x 3/4" finished birch plywood on the top. Here's what it looks like now....

Next step is a thorough cleaning of the cabinet, installing a peg board back, and then applying a coat or two of poly-eurethane on the top work surface.  Stay tuned.....