DIY File Cabinet Table

Paint your two filing cabinets and the door you will use as the table top if desired. Painting the table elements separately is much simpler than painting the table once it has been assembled. Leave all components to dry thoroughly.

Position an angle bracket around 4 to 5 inches in from each corner of the filing cabinets, on the sides. The angle of each bracket should be exactly flush with the top of the cabinets, with the horizontal arm of the bracket on the same plane as the cabinet tops.

Mark the screw hole positions of the brackets with a marker and remove the brackets for the time being.

Drill a pilot hole through each of the marked screw hole positions. The pilot hole should be sized for the screw anchors of your chosen screws; the screws should be long enough to go through your filing cabinet sides.

Put the angle brackets back in position, then pop in a screw anchor into each hole before securing the brackets in place with screws through the screw holes into the screw anchors.

Position the two filing cabinets where you want the table to go, wide enough apart so that the door table top will fit between them with around 10 inches over on the outer side of each filing cabinet.

Place the door on top of the filing cabinets. Secure the door to the cabinets with screws driven through the screw holes in the horizontal arm of the angle brackets into the underside of the door. Screw anchors won’t be needed as the screws will bite well into the wood of the door.