Employing a common thing in an unexpected manner is almost always a neat trick, and recently designers are turning their attention to classic instrument cabinets and toolboxes, bringing these useful bits from garages and sheds into bedrooms, kitchens, living rooms and bathrooms. Glossy baked-enamel finishes add industrial shine in a selection of bright colours and black, and there’s steel too. Would you roll one of these tool chests to the home?
The Cavender Diary
Intelligent homeowners James Angus and Jamie Bolton repurposed a rolling tool cart right into a rolling cocktail bar in their Texas home.
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Abodian Inc
An electric-blue tool cupboard adds a large dose of color to this otherwise neutral colour palette. Since the cupboard is on casters, it may be pulled out to keep gear useful or make room for a stool or drafting chair.
Tommy Chambers Interiors, Inc..
Tommy Chambers Interiors literally put the traditional Craftsman tool chest on a base, then inserted a tasseled key fob and crystal clear reading lamp to glam it up. A locking drawer may come in handy; no judgment here.
Rodriguez Studio Architecture PC
This vibrant and eclectic bedroom features a green faux-turf wall paired with a glistening red tool cupboard nightstand.
Craftsman
4-Drawer Roll-Away Homeowner Tool Chest – $109.99
This cart is 32 inches high. Since these cabinets are designed to hold a great deal of weight, they are heavy even when empty. This one weighs 64 lbs.
Priester’s Custom Contracting, LLC
A set of stackable units provides room for clothing, books, jewelry and other bedroom doodads.
Habitat Studio
What’s great for store tools can also be great for kitchen gear. The slash of red enamel breaks up the light wood cabinets within this modern kitchen. A red wall and crimson leather counter stools play the instrument cupboard’s colour.
Poor House Interior Design
This slick stainless cabinet is actually a custom piece, but it borrows greatly from tool cupboard design.
Charles Petersheim, Builder
Likewise, this modern bathroom’s vanity closely resembles a classic instrument cupboard.
Murphy & Co.. Design
If you’d like your tool store to serve different functions, consider using appealing enamel tool cabinets. This carriage house has a flexible design; sometimes it’s full of ATVs, dirt bikes, automobiles and snowmobiles. When it’s cleared out, it can serve as an attractive game room, as a result of the painted walls, checkerboard floor and sleek cabinetry. (And check out what the designer employed to get a spout stand outside that restrooms signal)
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