Building a flat file storage cabinet yourself and wondering how to finish off plywood and pine to protect it from the elements (and the stray water from a drying painting)? A good way might be to alternately sand and coat with an oil-based varnish. Last post I told you about the new flat file paper storage cabinet I've been building in order to store all my large pastel papers and paintings (with the help of my partner Pete the carpenter - Fix-it Pete!). You can view the prev

Can't see the floor or the desk for the paintings and papers covering every surface? Is your art consuming too many rooms of the house? Need somewhere to store all that paper and the paintings safely? Found that commercial flat files or paper storage cabinets are just too expensive? Maybe you need to build one yourself! It's been a very long time since my last blog post, and for that I heartily apologise! To be fair, I did have a reasonable excuse - I needed to finish my PhD