Wood file drawer
File drawer or file cabinet comes in many size
, style and quality. To organize and access our documents, file drawer can also become useful pieces of furniture that can be used in any our home and office. We can buy metal or wood file drawer
. Wood file drawer such as solid oak, is the most attractive, durable material to look for and will last a very long time as our furniture in office or home.There are many styles of solid wood file drawer such as mission style, contemporary style and traditional style
come in several standard sizes. They are including:• Letter sized file drawer, which hold 8.5 inches x 11 inches paper.
• Legal size file drawer, which hold 8.5 inches x 14 inches and 8.5 inches x 11 inches paper.
• Lateral file drawer
, which come with 2 or 3 shelf 
and hold 8.5 x 11 inches and 8.5 inches x 14 inches paper.• Personal file drawer, which relatively smaller and hold 8.5 x 11 inches letter
Wood file drawer is also available with 2
, 3, 4 or even 5 shelf. When we are looking for which one would work suitable for, we have to consider not only the amount of file storage needed, but also another uses for the file drawer as furniture. It could be used as an end table, a storage chest, a credenza, video tape cabinet, a nightstand, or a place to keep our electronics utensil such as printer, fax machine and coffee machine.If we need to place some of the above items desk height, a two shelf file drawer allows us a 30 inches high platform. If we line several up in a row we can have quite a large
surface. A lateral file drawer
also offers us advantage without a seam in the middle. For this purpose, look for file drawer with flush sides so there will not be any gaps between the drawers.A three shelf file drawer, which stands about 43 inches high, offers more storage per square foot of floor space and we can still put plants or other light items on top. A four shelf file drawer is around 55 inches high, offers amount of storage
. Do not put anything other than a very light item on top four shelf file drawer.
Safety tips
Any wood furniture which is holding a lot of weight can be dangerous. An important safety with file wood file drawer is the danger of tipping and crushing. Large and heavy file drawer can cause the file to tip forward. So below some tips can be done to minimize this danger issue
of wood file drawer.• Do not fill in some files on the top file drawer while leaving lower drawer empty.
• Do not open more than one drawer at a time.
• Attach file drawer to the wall to prevent tipping forward.
• Put heaviest items in bottom drawer to act as an anchor.
• Do not put TV's and games on top of tip prone furniture unless it is properly tethered.