This Post at The Painted Hive gives you the details on making the very inexpensive (and cheap looking) Moppe Drawers from Ikea into this lovely, antique-y looking card catalog for your desk.
Use a little stain, get some cute brass label holders, flip the drawers backwards, and voila! I may have missed a step in there, but it's all very easy - pretty much a 20 minute project.
I also think these would be awesome outside of an office environment. Wouldn't these be great to hold recipes in a kitchen, or hold makeup, or q-tips, or other bathroom supplies?
Seemed like the other trick to making them appear authentic was to sand the corners down a bit so they looked worn, and using Danish oil for a slight sheen... who knew?!
After a quick search online, I'm seeing these drawers available only on the UK Ikea site, however they may have a different name here.
I'll report back on what I find!
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