I guess I'm not sure why you wouldn't just use bureaus or armoires or something for storage instead? Or are you actually going to use the cabinets for files?

I'm confused--you say nobody else will see it but you, but if people do see it you don't want them thinking you're crazy. ?

Do you ever have guests sleeping in the room? Will you still have a bed in there? While there are some beautiful wood filing cabinets available, I think they would look odd in a bedroom, if the room is often used as a guest room. (I suppose you could put a "tablecloth" over them.) I agree with sueb20 about using a dresser instead of a filing cabinet. If you need storage for actual files, you could put the files in plastic file boxes and store them in a dresser or closet.

If the room will be used just for storage and never as a bedroom, then I don't think it matters what kind of furniture or filing cabinets you have in there. Many people use a small bedroom as an office.

Now, all that said, we have two bedrooms that guests use once in a while (maybe once every couple years, when we have more than two houseguests), and both bedrooms have large computer desks and filing cabinets in them. Personally, I don't care if it looks odd. We have the house set up for our convenience and to suit our needs. If guests don't like sleeping in the same room as a filing cabinet, they can go to a hotel. That's just me, though. I break a lot of "rules," and I don't care if people think I'm crazy. :-)

Guess I was thinking you all could read my mind!!LOL Virtually no family ever stays here, we have another bedroom with a queen sized bed, etc in it. In the one which I was talking about now there is a queen bed and its too big. Was thinking of shopping in my attic and bring down a twin headboard. The reason for the lateral files is because of the size of the drawers and to use it as storage for "stuff." I'm downsized quite a bit but one still has "stuff" to deal with and these have larger drawers. At least that was my thinking. Sorry for the confusion in my post.

I'm still confused. You say you have NO storage in your first post, but now you say you are shopping your attic for things that are stored up there like the twin bed. So which is it?

If you won't be storing files, you might want to get a dresser instead of a filing cabinet. It will be more versatile, less expensive (possibly), and will look like it belongs in the room. I think you might find the drawers in a filing cabinet to be too deep to store clothes, linens, or other small items. You'd have a lot of things piled on top of each other and would have to root around to get to the things on the bottom.

You might want to get a few plastic boxes that fit under a bed. They're great for sheets, off-season clothes, shoes, etc.

If you still want/need a filing cabinet, get a "regular" size one with two drawers, put a round glass top on it, cover it with a tablecloth, and use it as a nightstand next to the bed.

Hope this helps! Happy "shopping"!

I have no storage in the house. Linen closet is laughable - tiny tiny. The closet in that room is the width of the closet door - 30" which is tiny tiny. In the attic there is a headboard for a twin bed. I do have storage under the bed - but if I go from a queen bed to a twin bed the storage obviously gets smaller.

LOL, Someone above was not having a good day.

I guess I may get this question because I have a 1938 house with minimal closets, but an attic and a cellar. Attics and cellars, while useful, are not good places to store things like bed linens, towels and out of season clothes. The Op's "Stuff?"

Eaglemom, what do you want this room to "look like" 5 years from now? A bedroom, a nursery, an office, a sewing room, an extra closet? Is this room an additional guestroom or a storage space?

All of the above is OK, but file cabinets might not be your best bet, although I love that you are thinking outside the box.

Checking out and cross posting on the "smaller homes" forum here might give you better ideas. I know that I always consider extra storage in every piece of furniture I purchase.

I use blanket chests, dressers, and chimney cabinets, but I love antiques.

Good luck!

Here's a solution. I purchased this "file cabinet" from Homedecorators.com. I had to put it together but it is really a file cabinet but I use it as a dresser. The site has different sizes - bigger and smaller, as well as different styles.