(Sorry for the messy backgrounds)

We had an old Alex drawer unit that was past its prime. I wanted to have a printer and NAS station for my home office that was adapted to the units that we had.

Someone had thrown out an old 80 cm wide Billy book case in the “burnables” recycling bin, and I rescued it from the trash. I cut it into the correct size to match the drawer unit, and joined them together.

Then I prime coated the unit and drawers, and sanded them four hours later. Then I painted two coats of colour in the colour scheme that I liked (dark turquoise grey), I let the paint dry for 8 hours and sanded between the coats. The colour I picked doesn’t have to have a top coat. It also shifts colour depending on the light.

I have another worn down Alex drawer unit that I plan to freshen up with a new coat of paint soon.