Garage Sale Find

So I Love going to garage sales but I just bought a new house, so I passed a sign that said "Man Sale" on my way to get bark with the wife and kids. But when I went to get a second load, and they were out, it was a sign for me.



I Stopped by "just to see" but when the guy said everything must go, I found what I have been NEEDING!

Like I said I bought a new house, and I have been searching CL for some cabinets and tool benches. The ones that were left were a joke, most don't even have bottoms.

I saw these cabinets and asked, he said $50 with the stuff he had in it, I countered with $25 and I would help empty the drawers. He accepted and I had my trailer ready.

What I started with:
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Cleared:
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In the trailer & Cleaning:
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807 IT WAS MEANT TO BE
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In Temp Location until I can re do the garage completely:
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I plan on painting the new cabinets and completely redoing the garage.




Thanks,
Joe Zeppe 807

nice, you robbed those for $25.

I need something with drawers like that for my shed.

wow, really nice set of drawers. Gonna look great with a new coat of paint. That's a steal alright!

Oh, those are going to look so good! What a steal of a deal; you ****. What is the paint plan? Hammerite? Enamel? You don't even have to change out the handles, a little spit and polish, and you will have a centerpiece for the garage. You lucky devil!

Good Ju-Ju right there.I think they're gonna "finish up" real good.BW

Wow! Yeah, you get a YOU ****! Awesome score on the steel cabinets. They'll look great with a fresh coat of paint. I'm jealous!!!!

Nice Score.

Very Nice Score and for $25 bucks...WOW. You deserve a "You ****"!

The old cabinets look nicer, you just have to show them a little love.

I'll take the other couple of cabinets off your hands and give ya 50.00 bucks to make you feel good.

has anyone mentioned you ****?

Man, those are awesome cabinets/drawers!
Excellent find!

THose are real nice. I would pay $25 just to hear what your wife said when you backed up the drive way with those in the trailer and not a second load of mulch.

Very nice. I'd love a set of cabinets like that for the garage. How do the drawer slides function?

I'm not one really for metal style cabinets but I like those. I'd roll the inside of the drawers with some bedliner when you paint the outside of the units.

BWS said:

Good Ju-Ju right there.I think they're gonna "finish up" real good.BW

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The irony was that I left indending on spending $25 on the bark, but ended up spending it on the cabinet/bench.



Joe Zeppe 807

JoeMopar said:

The old cabinets look nicer, you just have to show them a little love.

I'll take the other couple of cabinets off your hands and give ya 50.00 bucks to make you feel good.

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The good that parts of the old cabinets will stay, but I have re-arrange it to fit some other stuff too. I plan on a large write-up.


Joe Zeppe 807

$25 for some old cabinets or $5,000 for an 18 drawer tool box with a work surface, I think you did O.K.

Very nice find at an incredible price! They'll look great with a new paint job.

Forget You ****. I hate you. Hot deal of the month!

But show us what they look like when you are done, OK?

Great find!! Suckith you do!!!!!lol!!!!!!

I haven't decided on the colors that will be painted, but I do plan on painting them. I am thinking Grey frame, with black drawers (or blue). I had my last garage painted grey and liked it. I would like to do the same, but would like a blue stripe around it, maybe.

Since I have moved i do not have everything organized, and have a lot to do in the garage before I paint the bench. I would like to say that the steel is about 1/32" think. If I could find my sheet metal gauge I would tell you. Of course I could mic it.

Here are some pictures of the drawers, they are about 3" deep.

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I have shown my wife some of the responses to make sure she understands how good of a deal I got. I think she knew as soon as I got the bench put together, but until then she questioned my choice.


Thanks,
Joe Zeppe 807

Lucky you're not over here, I'd have to arrest you for theft! A great steal, I'm off to look on eBay for something similar (even though I don't have a garage yet!)