Home & Office File Cabinets

Get a file cabinet to store physical copies of documents. File cabinets are great tools to have at your disposal. Learn more about them below.

How Can You Use Filing Cabinets?

If your office often operates with hard copies of documents, file cabinets are a great way to stay organized. A filing cabinet is an office staple and helps keep items and information sorted and safe. Many office file cabinets come with drawers for hanging file folders, so you can keep documents organized and easily accessible. At Staples, you’re able to find a wide range of filing cabinets, from lateral to vertical, mobile filing cabinets and more. You can shop for file cabinets with different storage capacities like a single drawer or ones with two or three drawers.

What Kinds of Office Filing Cabinet Finishes Are Available?

File cabinets come in a variety of materials, and finding the best one for your purposes depends on what you plan on doing with the filing drawer, and where you plan on keeping it. Wood filing cabinets offer a classic look that blends in well with your office decor. At Staples, you can shop for natural wood colors, like light pine or dark cherry, or go with a painted option.

Another option is metal, which is chip-resistant. Steel file drawers are great for high-traffic office settings and create an industrial look. Some file cabinets are made with fire-resistant materials which add another layer of protection to your valued documents and information.

A white file cabinet is ideal for a casual space, while a black filing cabinet works for a formal setting. Laminate drawers, which provide a sleek look, modern accents and dramatic contrasting finishes, are also popular filing cabinet finishes available at Staples.

What Are the Different Filing Cabinet Styles?

When you’re shopping for a filing cabinet for your office, you must consider the volume of documents you need to store as well as how much space you have. The most common types of filing cabinets are vertical and lateral. You can maximize your space by using an under-desk filing cabinet or you can go vertical with tall filing cabinets, which can also fit into a corner easily.

Vertical file cabinets store documents front to back, so they face you when you open the drawer. Choose this option if your space is small or you prefer multiple rows of documents. Lateral file cabinets are much wider and hold documents side by side. Many lateral filing cabinets can adjust to accommodate different document sizes, from standard letter size paper to legal size paper.

For nonstandard-sized documents like blueprints or maps, flat file cabinets are ideal. To store sensitive information and documents safely and securely, consider shopping for a locking file cabinet. Additionally, some file cabinets even have wheels, making them mobile and easy to move from office to office, or wherever you need to have your documents.