Painted File Cabinet Garden Planter in Sungold Yellow

I posted here on Hometalk a few weeks back two old filing cabinet makeovers that I did. I cleaned, primed and painted and made them into garden planters. One red and one blue. Well the wall alongside the house where I placed these two had space for another one. So this time I opted for Sungold yellow paint from the Wattyl Killrust range. I bought the 3 drawer file cabinet for ten dollars on ebay. My husband picked it up for me on one of his business trips to Sydney. Then it got a good wash, wipe over with methylated spirits and a light sand. Then a good rinse with the hose. Once dry it was primed with two coats of Killrust Heavy Duty Primer. This stuff dries Khaki green. Then it was on with the paint. I used a paintbrush to apply the paint rather than spray paint. It needs a second coat of paint but it has been too cold to paint lately, so in the meantime I planted it up with some white agapanthus that needed re-potting and top-dressed it with large black smooth river stones. When the weather is warmer I will give the side and front another coat of Sungold yellow as at present you can still see the green primer showing through the paint.
Note: I took the runners out of it and discarded the drawers and also drilled holes in the base for drainage. I had a lot of old plastic garden pots in the garage, so I upturned them and lined the bottom of the cabinet with them to take up some space as the soil did not need to be quite that deep. The plants look a bit floppy at the moment after being transplanted but they should perk up when they settle in.

The strappy leaved agapanthus should recover and be more upright once they have settled in. At present they are looking a little floppy! Red planter has Cordylines and the blue planter has Aloe Vera. All three are sitting up on bricks to aid drainage.

















Don't need the drawers











I don't know why but I did not take photos of it sitting in the primer. If you see my previous posts though where I did the red one and the blue one you will see the khaki green primer. At present this primer is still visible through the paint, hence it needs another coat before I can truly say it is finished.






Original article and pictures take http://www.hometalk.com/10012361/third-and-last-painted-file-cabinet-to-garden-planter-sungold-yellow site