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CTyankee

(66,883 posts)
Mon Aug 18, 2025, 03:14 PM Monday

Do you still have file cabinets? If not, what did you do with all those files? And the cabinet?

I have one that has been consigned to our basement and I don't know what to do with it. I fear I will have to paw through it for some long, lost documents.

On the bright side, maybe there are some long, lost love letters...sounds like a project...

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Do you still have file cabinets? If not, what did you do with all those files? And the cabinet? (Original Post) CTyankee Monday OP
I repurposed mine when I retired Bayard Monday #1
What a great idea! CTyankee Monday #4
You are not alone. I have three that I should go through Polly Hennessey Monday #2
OTOH, you might find some long lost document that is helpful... CTyankee Monday #3
After we retired from the businesses... MiHale Monday #5
Yes. Four Drawers.. all full..all of the time. Tikki Monday #6
We got rid offers.. bamagal62 Monday #7
I have what was once a very nice wooden file cabinet with two drawers. MIButterfly Monday #8
We had deRien Monday #9
Still in office, but thank you kindly. I just now remembered what that key does! GreenWave Monday #10
Yes. A Two Drawer Office Style ProfessorGAC Monday #11
have a 2 drwar one in my bedroom . doubbles as a tv stand.:) AllaN01Bear Monday #12
Some years ago I found a 4 drawer cabinet that exactly matches my desk. Prairie_Seagull Tuesday #13
Yes Emile Tuesday #14
What do you keep in it? CTyankee Tuesday #15
Important papers, insurance policies, etc. Emile Tuesday #16
I have a two-drawer filing cabinet LogDog75 Tuesday #17

Bayard

(26,571 posts)
1. I repurposed mine when I retired
Mon Aug 18, 2025, 03:19 PM
Monday

They're keeping catfood and horse cookies away from raccoons and possums at the barn now.

Polly Hennessey

(8,050 posts)
2. You are not alone. I have three that I should go through
Mon Aug 18, 2025, 03:21 PM
Monday

but have not. I think about doing it every day. It just seems so tedious. Perhaps tomorrow or next week. 🫣

CTyankee

(66,883 posts)
3. OTOH, you might find some long lost document that is helpful...
Mon Aug 18, 2025, 03:25 PM
Monday

I have found old papers I wrote for some classes I took in grad school. They were interesting!

MiHale

(12,075 posts)
5. After we retired from the businesses...
Mon Aug 18, 2025, 03:40 PM
Monday

The files got shredded, mostly old invoices, purchase orders, regular office crap…the cabinets we took to a metal recycling place and got some cash. Wish we kept at least one, could use them now. Oh well.

Tikki

(14,907 posts)
6. Yes. Four Drawers.. all full..all of the time.
Mon Aug 18, 2025, 03:43 PM
Monday

We go through every file at least once a year right before tax time.
We get rid of what we can and reorganize.
We have a rental so we have to be on top of all that.

The Tikkis

bamagal62

(4,092 posts)
7. We got rid offers..
Mon Aug 18, 2025, 03:45 PM
Monday

moved with everything in boxes and now we realize we actually need a filing cabinet again!

MIButterfly

(1,102 posts)
8. I have what was once a very nice wooden file cabinet with two drawers.
Mon Aug 18, 2025, 03:53 PM
Monday

One day, I had a hard time opening the bottom drawer so I yanked it and somehow it got off the rails and stays open all the time, so now the top one won't open at all. As I recall, the top drawer held old invoices and bills that are God only knows how old by now.

deRien

(285 posts)
9. We had
Mon Aug 18, 2025, 04:40 PM
Monday

four 4 drawer cabinets holding client folders- off loaded the files to the organization my husband worked for. Paid a company to haul the cabinets off. Best thing I’ve done to declutter.

ProfessorGAC

(74,069 posts)
11. Yes. A Two Drawer Office Style
Mon Aug 18, 2025, 05:21 PM
Monday

We keep standard stuff in it, like invoices from paid bills & the like.
We have a fire safe for really important stuff, though.

Prairie_Seagull

(4,314 posts)
13. Some years ago I found a 4 drawer cabinet that exactly matches my desk.
Tue Aug 19, 2025, 10:40 AM
Tuesday

No way I will break up the pair. Wife would love it though. She thinks we don't need the kids report cards from elementary school. haha

LogDog75

(789 posts)
17. I have a two-drawer filing cabinet
Tue Aug 19, 2025, 06:12 PM
Tuesday

I mainly keep stuff like taxes, medical/dental bills, car repair, and a few other things I think are important. A lot of the files I used to keep are now kept on my computer, on an external hard drive, or in my email accounts.

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