REPURPOSED CREDENZA
This was my first rehab and repurpose project. The piece started life as chest of drawers that I found on the curb of an apartment complex I used to live. At the time is was finished in an ugly opaque "brown" finish and the back was a piece of warped hardboard. Fortunately, the case, including dovetailed drawers, was in good shape.  Fast forward several years and we decided it was no longer a needed piece of furniture but I didn't like the though of tossing it out just yet so I drug it into the shop, tore off the back and started to strip away the opaque finish. Low and behold here was this wonderful veneer which I gave a list stain to bring out the grain.  I put a new back in place, and cut a space to accommodate heavy-duty drawer slides so it could find a new as a filing credenza in my office.  With some new hardware from IKEA it was ready to go. In addition to servings as a filing credenza my wife also uses it as a stand for her 20 gallon aquarium.  It developed a third use with the addition of coat hooks one one side (since our home had no coat closet on the main level  - go figure).  I used a large array of power and hand tools for this project and it was satisfying to get something useful out of something someone else was throwing away.
	Here is a better view of the coat hooks, I added a brace in the other side of that panel to help support the stress and of people using the hooks. The non-slide drawers now run smooth and clean thanks to nylon tape from Rockler - a simple, inexpensive and entirely effective solution to old wood-on-wood draws.
	The double drawer works beautifully for my files. One problem I encountered was how to add a counter weight since I was unable to mount the credenza to a stud in the wall. The rest of the drawers are for general storage.
	I finally came up with a solution to the balance problem: can you see the counterweight? They are two 25 pound weights I picked up at a used sports equipment store for $5.00.  Both are bolted to a support strip I added to the rear of the case.  Sometimes, our plans come together better than expected :)