People are flipping out over this CRAZY filing cabinet hack!

Are you looking for some DIY inspiration? This hour-long special on DIY projects has you covered. Here, we're featuring a highlight reel of ideas from our Hometalkers, starting with a step-by-step tutorial on how to make a filing cabinet planter!
Then, we have a mix of project montages by category, interspersed with more step-by-step tutorials. Whether you're looking to upcycle and repurpose, try out a dollar store craft, or go big by building your own furniture, this compilation is sure to spark your creativity.
Let us know your favorite projects in the comments below.
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🌱 Project 1: DIY filing cabinet planter 🌱
0:00 Remove the drawers
0:20 Paint the cabinet
0:50 Drill drainage holes
1:13 Fill with gravel, leaves & potting mix
1:39 Plant flowers
🌱 Tools & materials 🌱
• Filing cabinet
• Raised ladders
• Armor Coat rust paint in flat black
• Foam roller
• Drill
• Bags of pea gravel
• Fallen leaves
• Potting mix
• Flowers
More DIY projects
02:05 Door makeovers & woodworking projects
10:21 Cinder block planter
13:19 Lamps & light-up projects
21:15 Basket lamp
21:39 Bowl pendant light
22:19 Globe light
22:55 Lampstand
23:52 Plate sconces
24:25 Picture frame lampost
25:31 More lamp & light projects
29:45 Decoupage candleholders
30:27 Gold textured vases
30:56 Foam roller candleholders
31:28 Faux ceramic vase
32:02 Rustic lantern
33:00 Detergent bottle vase
33:45 Basket makeovers
34:32 Candles, planters & other decor
38:00 Beach mat blinds
38:23 Window valance
39:07 Cellophane windows
39:31 Burlap blinds
40:08 Privacy window design
40:38 Window treatments
45:55 DIY dish cleaners
46:40 Food & kitchen hacks
48:25 Command hook hacks
50:15 Dollar Tree Lazy Susan
50:51 Kitchen hacks
53:51 Painted table
54:22 Glue appliques
55:04 Paint & stencil techniques
56:22 Furniture painting ideas
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[@magaperson3402]

Wow, I wish I was handy like the women in this video. Love to see the transformation of the doors.

[@shellydehart8217]

There was some great ideas. Especially liked the one with the doors

[@jerrywoodlee2345]

You are one talented, created woman. My first time watching and was impressed? I subscribed, so I'll be watching more

[@kaurparveen50]

Light is so beautiful.❤😊

[@lorithrower2467]

There are amazing ideas on here and I loved most of them. Such imagination. Thanks😅

[@paintpink7300]

For the planter: it is mostly filled with dropped leaves. Won’t it sink as the leaves decompose? Wouldn’t it be better to fill with aluminum cans or something similar?

[@lexyh2o]

As a general rule to filling planters with items that will decompose and that microbes and worms will want to eat and make the soil richer

[@patrhea6482]

Fabulous detail work!❤

[@Haggislover]

I love all of these projects. Unfortunately I can't do most of them because I live in a rented apartment. Although I did make a headboard out of 2 newel posts split lengthwise and some boards for the horizontals - worked quite well!

[@bettyqueen1235]

This is completely awesome!! It gave me several ideas to use inside and outside my home. Thanks so much! Blessings everyone!

[@nancystoner2140]

Brilliant!

[@YoAug62]

Thanks for the tips on staining a fiberglass door.

[@metalgypsy4]

Brilliant 💡idea!! Look's great😊

[@debbralehrman5957]

So many awesome ideas.👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@lilylou1513]

😊😊

[@mamaj6028]

How is the filing cabinet planter in hot summers ? We get temps of 100 on up and I would love to do my elephant ears in them, I can get compost/dirt fairly cheap from our city recycling but worry about the heat factor of the metal. Do you think it'd be okay as long as i monitor the watering ? Love this,also looking at it for my 8 foot white bird of paradise. Thanks for any help you can give me !! I am now obsessed ! ❤😁

[@Luvpig]

You can line the insides with polystyrene.

[@sandrabeck8788]

Paint it white so it reflects heat and Sun. Here in South Florida newbes seem to love black planters and mulch, until their plants get cooked. White…

[@sandranodine1151]

I love the filing cabinet planter❤

[@sandrabeck8788]

So many good ideas! Some more tools than I have. But many very workable. I see a lot of supplies from Dollar 🌳 that are just not in our stores here in Florida 😢

[@karenharris4176]

Hi, I’m just in love with all these ideas. I did have 1 question. What was used in the project with the white wood and then the individual family pictures added? Was that wood, or picture frames?

[@debbymodd4579]

I bought one just like that for $15. Great idea! There's so much we can do to upcycle these.😊

[@Hometalk]

That is awesome!

[@joanwallace1373]

Cute idea

[@Crtnmn]

😊

[@josettekoller718]

Great ideas....music can get you nuts.

[@rhjorgsohn6728]

Do that to my French doors, you best run fast.

[@joynerjoyner2681]

Cool.but please load that roller with some paint.

[@robertanesmith172]

How many lamps and candleholders can one person make??? Apparently all of these as theres so many.. different people, same project, basically...

[@lovingmayberry307]

Terrible paint job on the black filing cabinet. And if you decide you need that peat moss, you're really gonna dig through all that dirt and leaves to retrieve the bags???

[@rozchristopherson648]

For that first project, figure out something to do with the cabinet drawers to prevent wasting them for scrap. Avoid scrapping unless absolutely necessary. Perhaps use them in a closet for shoe storage or in a garage for tool storage or in a pantry.

[@Jeri-nh3ph]

Apartment living doesn’t allow storage of drawers…nothing wrong with scrapping metal.

[@netretailer]

filing cabinets are good for tool storage just as they are.

[@joshwebb1493]

Do not follow this example for one you need to sand it with at least a red scratcher pad to spray paint with rust oleum. It will turn out so much better you will not have a texture and it will look great.

[@PatriotPaulUSA]

Wait for the rusting to start, So Silly Just build a planter box out of 2x12's , 4 x4" 6x6s or about any thick wood and some long deck screws . But if you want to paint and rust away an destroy old filing cabinets do this instead

[@tonietchison1730]

That what is called intelligent!!!

[@vaporizer82]

Yall flippin out too?

[@maryellenyork2819]

Where was the filing cabinet hack?

[@debgersh5555]

That old basket light with white fabric on the cord is just awful, sorry, coulda skipped it

[@jerilynnwilson930]

Why do most, if not all DIY channels play irritating music. An hour of irritation is too much....makes me want to not finish the video.

[@ladymolly5143]

Goes a bit too fast.

[@paolahoch3176]

That’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen what a waste of money

[@whathandleUtalkabt]

Next time dont spend 25$ on an old filing cabinet.

[@m.jaquarius8365]

What's it matter to you? You didn't pay for it? Next time, don't tell people what to do.

[@Luvpig]

Is there a price you suggest?

[@joshwebb1493]

I can get a truckload of them at the government surplus for 25

[@belladeann8398]

WHAT A WASTE. 👎📺👎 FEBRUARY 2024

[@MarlieAstra]

Uhm... You painted a door?

[@Handmaidenofyeshua]

You DID SEE the video❗️😳

[@hillbillyshack]

Seriously!? You threw crap together that you obviously would never use yourself! The colored windows that you didn't bother to finish ? Huh? Some of the recent videos are really a stretch. I've unsubscribed.

[@jamiejones426]

That file cabinet is hideous and the others, you’re painting and cleaning doors, how is that a DIY that you need to post a video for?? Why would you want a door for a table? This channel is really getting ridiculous. I stopped after 10 minutes. Way too long!! 😂